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The only known habitat for Synergistes jonesii is within the rumen. This microbe was first isolated from the rumen of a goat in Hawaii and has since been found in the rumen of cattle. S. jonesii is not a common microbe is ruminant populations, but some geographic distributions have been shown. | |||
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Revision as of 21:15, 18 April 2014
Classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Synergistetes
Class: Synergistia
Order: Synergistales
Family: Synergistaceae
Genus: Synergistes
Species: S. jonesii
Description
-Bacteria -Gram Negative -Nonmotile (Oval) Rods -(0.6-0.8 um diameter, 1.2-1.8 um in length) -Spores are not formed -Anaerobic chemoorganotroph -DNA base composition 58% GC -Only known habitat is the rumen -Named in honor of Raymond J. Jones, Australian scientist who identified the presence of this microbe in detoxification of 3-hydroxy-4(1H)-pyridone and how it helped solve an animal intoxication problem
Genome Structure
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Related Bacterial Species
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Metabolism
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Energy
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Nitrogen
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Carbon
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Ecology
The only known habitat for Synergistes jonesii is within the rumen. This microbe was first isolated from the rumen of a goat in Hawaii and has since been found in the rumen of cattle. S. jonesii is not a common microbe is ruminant populations, but some geographic distributions have been shown.
References
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