Ruegeria pomeroyi: Difference between revisions
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==Description and Significance== | ==Description and Significance== | ||
Ruegeria pomeroyi is a gram negative, rod shaped, aerobe. R. ''pomeroyi'' is found in costal oceanic ecosystems. etc. of the organism, and why you think it is important. | |||
==Genome Structure== | ==Genome Structure== |
Revision as of 03:28, 17 November 2023
Ruegeria pomeroyi
Classification
Bacteria; Pseudomonadota; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhodobacterales; Roseobacteraceae; Ruegeria; Ruegeria pomeroyi
Species
NCBI: [1] |
Ruegeria Ruegeria pomeroyi
Description and Significance
Ruegeria pomeroyi is a gram negative, rod shaped, aerobe. R. pomeroyi is found in costal oceanic ecosystems. etc. of the organism, and why you think it is important.
Genome Structure
R. pomeroyi's chromosome contains 4,109,437 bp and has a circular chromosome, as well as a 491,611 bp circular megaplasmid. The sequence gives a good insight into how R. pomeroyi's role in the carbon cycle in the ocean.
Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle
Interesting features of cell structure; how it gains energy; what important molecules it produces.
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
[Rivers, A. R., Smith, C. B., & Moran, M. A. (2014). An Updated genome annotation for the model marine bacterium Ruegeria pomeroyi DSS-3. Standards in genomic sciences, 9, 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/1944-3277-9-11]
Author
Page authored by Duncan Wall, student of Prof. Bradley Tolar at UNC Wilmington.