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==Metabolism==
==Metabolism==
<I>Spiroplasma melliferum</I> ferments glucose and hydrolyzes arginine (1). It also possesses all the genes required for glycolysis to convert glucose-6-phophate into pyruvate which is used for the production of cysteine (1).





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A Microbial Biorealm page on Spiroplasma melliferum


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Classification

The Phylogenetic Placement of Spiroplasma melliferum


Higher Order Taxa:

Class: Mollicutes

Order: Mycoplasmatales

Family: Spiroplasmataceae

Genus: Spiroplasma

Species: melliferum



NCBI Accession #: JQ347516

Description and Significance

Genome Structure

The whole-genome shotgun sequencing of S. Melliferum IPMB4A produced a draft assembly that was ~1.1 Mb in size and covered ~80% of the chromosome (1).

Cell and Colony Structure

Spiroplasma melliferum is a helical, motile bacteria without cell walls (1). Spiroplasma melliferum has a classic fried-egg shaped colony morphology.


The Structure of the Cytoskeleton of Spiroplasma melliferum with High Efficiency CT (HECT).

Metabolism

Spiroplasma melliferum ferments glucose and hydrolyzes arginine (1). It also possesses all the genes required for glycolysis to convert glucose-6-phophate into pyruvate which is used for the production of cysteine (1).


The Metabolic Pathways of Spiroplasma melliferum

Ecology

Endosymbiotic inhabitants.

Pathology

While most of the Spiroplasma species appeared to be harmless commensals of insects, a small number of species have evolved pathogenicity toward various arthropods and plants (1).

Host: infects the honeybee.

References