Globicatella sanguinis

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Classification

Domain; Phylum; Class; Order; family [Others may be used. Use NCBI link to find]

Species

NCBI: [1]

Genus species

Description and Significance

Describe the appearance, habitat, etc. of the organism, and why you think it is important.

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:

    Globicatella sanguinis is a gram negative bacteria 

Metabolism:

    Catalase negative;

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.

Symptoms of infection:

    -meningeoencephalitis

References

Miller, A. O., Buckwalter, S. P., Henry, M. W., Wu, F., Maloney, K. F., Abraham, B. K., Hartman, B. J., Brause, B. D., Whittier, S., Walsh, T. J., & Schuetz, A. N. (2017). Globicatella sanguinis Osteomyelitis and Bacteremia: Review of an Emerging Human Pathogen with an Expanding Spectrum of Disease. Open forum infectious diseases, 4(1), ofw277. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw277

Vela, A I et al. “Meningoencephalitis associated with Globicatella sanguinis infection in lambs.” Journal of clinical microbiology vol. 38,11 (2000): 4254-5. doi:10.1128/JCM.38.11.4254-4255.2000

Author

Page authored by Adisen Ames, Caleb Barker, Tasnim Goubar, & Samantha Kopyar, students of Prof. Bradley Tolar at UNC Wilmington.