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==Description and Significance== | ==Description and Significance== | ||
T. pelagia is a gram-negative, strictly aerobic, non-motile rod-shaped bacteria. | ''T. pelagia'' is a gram-negative, strictly aerobic, non-motile rod-shaped bacteria. | ||
It forms small, shiny, and round pink to red colonies. It is the only identified member of the genus Tunicatimonas and a symbiont of sea anemones. It is a mesophile and prefers less-salty environments (Yoon, 2012). | It forms small, shiny, and round pink to red colonies. It is the only identified member of the genus Tunicatimonas and a symbiont of sea anemones. It is a mesophile and prefers less-salty environments (Yoon, 2012). | ||
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If relevant, how does this organism cause disease? Human, animal, plant hosts? Virulence factors, as well as patient symptoms.<br><be> | If relevant, how does this organism cause disease? Human, animal, plant hosts? Virulence factors, as well as patient symptoms.<br><be> | ||
''T. pelagia'' was originally extracted from the sea anemone ''Diadumene lineata'' in Japan around 2011. It is likely involved in the metabolism and decomposition of macromolecules, including complex carbohydrates. | |||
The species has been more recently found inhabiting plastic debris and mangrove pneumatophores, and could be transported via plastic pollution (Wainwright, 2023). | The species has been more recently found inhabiting plastic debris and mangrove pneumatophores, and could be transported via plastic pollution (Wainwright, 2023). | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Yoon, J., Oku, N., Park, S., Katsuta, A., & Kasai, H. (2011). Tunicatimonas Pelagia gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of the family Flammeovirgaceae isolated from a sea anemone by the differential growth screening method. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 101(1), 133–140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-011-9626-6 | Yoon, J., Oku, N., Park, S., Katsuta, A., & Kasai, H. (2011). Tunicatimonas Pelagia gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of the family Flammeovirgaceae isolated from a sea anemone by the differential growth screening method. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 101(1), 133–140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-011-9626-6 | ||
Wainwright, B.J., Millar, T., Bowen, L. et al. The core mangrove microbiome reveals shared taxa potentially involved in nutrient cycling and promoting host survival. Environmental Microbiome 18, 47 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-023-00499-5 | |||
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Latest revision as of 02:48, 3 December 2024
Classification
Domain: Bacteria ; Phylum: Bacteroidata; Class: Cytophagia; Order: Cytophagales; family: Flammeovirgaceae
Species
pelagia
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Tunicatimonas pelagia
Description and Significance
T. pelagia is a gram-negative, strictly aerobic, non-motile rod-shaped bacteria. It forms small, shiny, and round pink to red colonies. It is the only identified member of the genus Tunicatimonas and a symbiont of sea anemones. It is a mesophile and prefers less-salty environments (Yoon, 2012).
Genome Structure
Describe the size and content of the genome. How many chromosomes? Circular or linear? Other interesting features? What is known about its sequence?
Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle
Interesting features of cell structure; how it gains energy; what important molecules it produces.
T. pelagia is a member of the group Bacteroides, meaning it can break down complex carbohydrates through carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes)(Chen, 2023).
Ecology and Pathogenesis
Habitat; symbiosis; biogeochemical significance; contributions to environment.
If relevant, how does this organism cause disease? Human, animal, plant hosts? Virulence factors, as well as patient symptoms.
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T. pelagia was originally extracted from the sea anemone Diadumene lineata in Japan around 2011. It is likely involved in the metabolism and decomposition of macromolecules, including complex carbohydrates. The species has been more recently found inhabiting plastic debris and mangrove pneumatophores, and could be transported via plastic pollution (Wainwright, 2023).
References
Yoon, J., Oku, N., Park, S., Katsuta, A., & Kasai, H. (2011). Tunicatimonas Pelagia gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of the family Flammeovirgaceae isolated from a sea anemone by the differential growth screening method. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 101(1), 133–140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-011-9626-6
Wainwright, B.J., Millar, T., Bowen, L. et al. The core mangrove microbiome reveals shared taxa potentially involved in nutrient cycling and promoting host survival. Environmental Microbiome 18, 47 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-023-00499-5
Author
Page authored by _____, _____, _____, & _____, students of Prof. Bradley Tolar at UNC Wilmington.
