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A Microbial Biorealm page on <I>Spiroplasma melliferum</I>
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Species: <I>melliferum </I>
Species: <I>melliferum </I>


[[File:Phylogenetic_Placement.jpeg|thumb|right|600px|The Phylogenetic Placement of <I>Spiroplasma melliferum</I>]]
 





Revision as of 16:43, 11 January 2014

A Microbial Biorealm page on Spiroplasma melliferum


The Phylogenetic Placement of Spiroplasma melliferum
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Classification

Higher Order Taxa:

Class: Mollicutes

Order: Mycoplasmatales

Family: Spiroplasmataceae

Genus: Spiroplasma

Species: melliferum



NCBI Accession #: JQ347516

Description and Significance

Genome Structure

Cell and Colony Structure

Spiroplasma melliferum is a helical, motile bacteria without cell walls. Spiroplasma melliferum has a classic fried-egg shaped colony morphology.


The Structure of the Cytoskeleton of Spiroplasma melliferum with High Efficiency CT (HECT).

Metabolism

The Metabolic Pathways of Spiroplasma melliferum

Ecology

Endosymbiotic inhabitants.

Pathology

Pathogenicity toward various arthropods and plants.

Host: infects the honeybee.

References