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==Cell and Colony Structure== | ==Cell and Colony Structure== | ||
[[File:Spiroplasma_melliferum.png|thumb|right|400px|The Structure of the Cytoskeleton of <I>Spiroplasma melliferum</I> with High Efficiency CT (HECT).]] | |||
<I>Spiroplasma melliferum</I> is a helical, motile bacteria without cell walls (1). <I>Spiroplasma melliferum</I> has a classic fried-egg shaped colony morphology. | |||
==Metabolism== | ==Metabolism== | ||
[[File:Metabolic_Pathways.jpeg|thumb|right|400px|The Metabolic Pathways of <I>Spiroplasma melliferum</I>]] | |||
<I>Spiroplasma melliferum</I> ferments glucose and hydrolyzes arginine (1). It also possesses all the genes required for glycolysis to convert glucose-6-phophate into pyruvate which is used for the production of cysteine (1). | |||
==Ecology== | ==Ecology== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
1) Wen-Sui Lo, Ling-Ling Chen, Wan-Chia Chung, Gail Gasparich, Chih-Horng Kuo. Comparative genome analysis of <I>Spiroplasma melliferum</I> IPMB4A, a honeybee-associated bacterium. BMC Genomics. (2013) Online. | |||
Revision as of 17:14, 11 January 2014
A Microbial Biorealm page on Spiroplasma melliferum
Classification
Higher Order Taxa:
Class: Mollicutes
Order: Mycoplasmatales
Family: Spiroplasmataceae
Genus: Spiroplasma
Species: melliferum
NCBI Accession #: JQ347516
Description and Significance
Genome Structure
The whole-genome shotgun sequencing of S. Melliferum IPMB4A produced a draft assembly that was ~1.1 Mb in size and covered ~80% of the chromosome (1).
Cell and Colony Structure
Spiroplasma melliferum is a helical, motile bacteria without cell walls (1). Spiroplasma melliferum has a classic fried-egg shaped colony morphology.
Metabolism
Spiroplasma melliferum ferments glucose and hydrolyzes arginine (1). It also possesses all the genes required for glycolysis to convert glucose-6-phophate into pyruvate which is used for the production of cysteine (1).
Ecology
Endosymbiotic inhabitants.
Pathology
While most of the Spiroplasma species appeared to be harmless commensals of insects, a small number of species have evolved pathogenicity toward various arthropods and plants (1).
Host: infects the honeybee.
References
1) Wen-Sui Lo, Ling-Ling Chen, Wan-Chia Chung, Gail Gasparich, Chih-Horng Kuo. Comparative genome analysis of Spiroplasma melliferum IPMB4A, a honeybee-associated bacterium. BMC Genomics. (2013) Online.
