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[[File: Screen Shot 2022-04-17 at 8.31.20 PM.png|thumb | '''Figure 2.''' Image of two distinct morphs of ''F. magna''; top row is a biofilm-producing morph with unique surface proteins. ''Brüggemman et al.'' believe these differences warrant a refined subspecies or new species classification. [https://www-nature-com.proxyiub.uits.iu.edu/articles/s41598-017-18661-8] ]] | [[File: Screen Shot 2022-04-17 at 8.31.20 PM.png|thumb | '''Figure 2.''' Image of two distinct morphs of ''F. magna''; top row is a biofilm-producing morph with unique surface proteins. ''Brüggemman et al.'' believe these differences warrant a refined subspecies or new species classification. [https://www-nature-com.proxyiub.uits.iu.edu/articles/s41598-017-18661-8] ]] | ||
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Revision as of 12:27, 21 April 2022
Classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Clostridia
Order: Eubacteriales
Family: Peptoniphilaceae
Genus: Finegoldia
Species
Finegoldia magna [4]
NCBI: Taxonomy [5] |
N.B. F. magna was previously classified as Peptostreptococcus anaerobius, and it was recognized as a unique species as recently as 1998. [3]
Description and Significance
Describe the appearance, habitat, etc. of the organism, and why you think it is important.
"Finegoldia magna" is a slow-growing, non-spore-forming, Gram-positive anaerobic coccus (GPAC) bacteria.
- The color of the colonies is usually translucent, but it can appear whitish to yellow or gray. [6]
- The Genus namesake is in remembrance of the American microbiologist Sydney Martin Finegold.
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.
Cell Structure
- Finegoldia magna is a Gram-positive anaerobic coccus (GPAC) bacteria, in which "coccus" indicates a spherical cell shape. Gram-positive indicates a bacterium with thick petidoglycan cell walls.
- It has a cell size that varies from 0.8 µm and 1.6 µm in diameter, and cells occur predominantly in clusters but occasionally in short chains or pairs, as in Figure 2.
- This bacteria has sortase-dependent pilli, which are hair-like structures characteristic of bacterial adhesion and colonization (i.e., important for biofilm formation) as well as host infection. [7]
Metabolism
- As an anaerobe, F. magna requires an oxygen-free environment to grow. However, in a 1998 experiment by Murdoch et al., F. magna isolates were plated on agar and exposed to air. After 48 hours, some clusters survived, indicating some level of oxygen tolerance. [8]
- F. magna produces acetic acid as a major fermentation product. It produces weak acid utilizing fructose, while a few strains use glucose as a carbon source. Peptones and amino acids are also used an energy sources. It can produce ammonia from glycine, threonine, and serine. [9]
- Aminopeptidases (i.e. catalyze cleavage of amino acids) have been reported but are not well-studied. [10]
Survival and Life Cycle
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.
References
Authors
Page authored by Susan Reed, Nitesh Naren, Matt Millikin, students of Prof. Jay Lennon at Indiana University.