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[1] Golyshin, Peter N. “Genome Sequence Completed of Alcanivorax borkumensis, a Hydrocarbon-degrading Bacterium That Plays a Glo ...A_dJXySM:&imgrefurl=http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2010/world/scene-of-midwest%25E2%2580%2599s-worst-oil-spill-%25E2%2580%2593-sleepless-nights-an

...teria were originally grouped with Pseudomonas until 1972 when the members of the pseudomonas family with GC content lower than 50% were moved to the new [1] Golyshin, Peter N. “Genome Sequence Completed of Alcanivorax borkumensis, a Hydrocarbon-degrading Bacterium That Plays a Glo

[[Category:Short pages]] ...hatis_FISH.JPG|400px|right|frame| Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridization image of ‘‘A. phosphatis’’ (Blackall, 2002).]]

[[Category:Short pages]] ...odesmium'' form huge blooms in the open ocean that can extend for hundreds of kilometers. It thrives in nutrient-poor environments and is known for aerob

...etween 20 and 48 degrees C and has a doubling time between 52 and 55 hours at 37C (5). ...of this genus anaerobically degrade propionate to acetate in the presence of methanogens.

[[Category:Short pages]] ...shaped, the cells are yellow and rod-shaped. Pure culture has been derived of the species. Closest relatives include a partial length sequence from fores

...have been organically polluted. It can also grow in waste-water treatment at all levels. Zoogloea are aerobic, chemoorganotrophic. For energy they use o ...ility to attract nutrients from water. This species is stable at pH levels of 3-10 and temperatures on 15-90 degrees Celsius.

...r curvatus''. Interestingly enough, these two species were also discovered by Widdel in the same paper that discovered ''Desulfobacter hydrogenophilus''. ...bacteria. This is rather similar to the role it takes on in the ecosystem of lakes.

...ured and experimented with these bacteria to discover the light excitation of the purple bacteria in 1883. ...ey tend to be flagellated straight rod shaped or even slightly curved rods of ~1 µm in diameter and 3-4 µm long.[1] These bacteria belong to the purple

...322#biography]. ''Methanosaeta'' are gram negative rods typically .8 - 1.3 by 2 - 6 µm in size [http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yosuke_Koga/publicat ...methane producer on earth. This fact has made ''Methanosaeta'' the subject of many studies [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966842X070

...sand flats of South Korea after an oil spill in 2007 as a bacteria capable of degrading aromatic carbon rings introduced through an oil spill(4). ...stal flats experience compared to the open ocean habitats of other members of the genus.

[[Image:SAR11.jpg|thumb|400px|FIGURE 1. Scanning electron microscope image of SAR11 (1).]] ...ly the most numerous bacterium in the world. Typically accounting for ~25% of prokaryotic cells in seawater worldwide, SAR11 bacteria play an important r

...ble without magnification beyond x1000, which can prevent accurate viewing of color change (6). ...used on Candidatus species of Rhodoluna (10), but it remains only a metric of distinguishing major bacterial groups without species- or genus-level speci

[[File:TEM_Image_L_planktonicus.jpeg|300px|thumb|right|TEM image of L. planktonicus]] ...substrate utilization characteristics, 16S rRNA gene sequences and extent of genomic DNA-DNA hybridization.

...ssfully grown in enrichment cultures.[2] The Physiological characteristics of Candidatus Scalindua affiliated [[File:anammox.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Transmission electron micrographs of “Candidatus Scalindua sp.” enriched in the MBR, showing the cells which

[[File:NC 008009.png|thumb|Genome of Candidatus Koribacter versatilis Ellin345]] ...ne its metabolic and physiological traits. Its cells are very small (0.5um by 1.0um), Gram-negative rods. Koribacter also contains flagella for motility.

Microthrix bacteria are one of the many bacterial genera found within activated sludge ...have only be detected in the activated sludge of WWTPs. Some other species of Microthrix are found in

...vine infections [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17374898]. The species of '''''Nocardia''''' genus are gram-positive and rod-shaped bacteria. Differe ...isease affecting either the lungs or the entire body. Also, the inhalation of ''Nocardia'' species can lead to pneumonia, as well as skin infections if t

[[File:Conexibacter phylogeny.png|thumb|400px|16S rRNA neighbour-joining tree of ''Conexibacter'' species and related species <sup>[[#References|[3]]]</sup ...eriod of growth, bacteria form aggregates (b) and, due to self-aggregation of flagella, they exhibit an undulating networklike structure with entangled b