Epulopiscium fishelsoni: Difference between revisions
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1. [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=208246&blobtype=pdf Clements, K. D. and Bullivant, S. "''An Unusual Symbiont from the Gut of Surgeonfishes May Be the Largest Known Prokaryote''". ''Journal of Bacteriology''. Sept. 1991. Volume 173, No. 17. p. 5359-5362.] | 1. [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=208246&blobtype=pdf Clements, K. D. and Bullivant, S. "''An Unusual Symbiont from the Gut of Surgeonfishes May Be the Largest Known Prokaryote''". ''Journal of Bacteriology''. Sept. 1991. Volume 173, No. 17. p. 5359-5362.] | ||
2. [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=9791108 Bresler V., Montgomery W.L., Fishelson L., and Pollak P.E. "''Gigantism in a Bacterium, Epulopiscium fishelsoni, Correlates with Complex Patterns in Arrangement, Quantity, and Segregation of DNA''". ''J Bacteriol''. 1998 November; 180(21): 5601–5611.] | 2. [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=9791108 Bresler, V., Montgomery, W.L., Fishelson, L., and Pollak, P.E. "''Gigantism in a Bacterium, Epulopiscium fishelsoni, Correlates with Complex Patterns in Arrangement, Quantity, and Segregation of DNA''". ''J Bacteriol''. 1998 November; 180(21): 5601–5611.] | ||
3. [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1272977#r30 Flint, J.F., Drzymalski D., Montgomery, W.L., Southam, G., and Angert, E.R. "''Nocturnal Production of Endospores in Natural Populations of Epulopiscium-Like Surgeonfish Symbionts''". ''J Bacteriol''. 2005 November; 187(21): 7460–7470.] | |||
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Revision as of 04:01, 29 August 2007
A Microbial Biorealm page on the genus Epulopiscium fishelsoni
Classification
Higher order taxa
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Clostridia
Order: Clostridiales
Genus: Epulopiscium
Species
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Epulopiscium fishelsoni
Description and significance
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Genome structure
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Cell structure and metabolism
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Ecology
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Pathology
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Application to Biotechnology
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Current Research
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References
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