Talk:Synergistes jonesii

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 -Type strain 78-1

Genome Structure

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Related Bacterial Species

Synergistes jonesii is in a sub-section of Synergistetes known as Thermanaerovibrio. This classification means that the bacteria under this sub-section are anaerobes that live in warm environments, and are known to vibrate for their movement. In addition to Synergistes jonesii, this sub-section of Synergistetes includes Thermanaerovibrio velox, Thermoanaerovibrio acidaminovorans, and Cloacibacillus evryensis. Like S. jonesii, C. evryensis and T. acidaminovorans degrade amino acids.

Metabolism

Synergistes jonesii is a chemoorganotroph which relies on organic chemicals for its source of energy and carbon. Because S. jonesii is strictly anaerobic, the primary metabolic pathway of this microbe is fermentation. Pyridinediols, arginine, and histidine are fermented by the microbe for energy and carbon.

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

(1) Data extracted from the "16S rRNA-based LTP release 111 (full tree)". http://www.arb-silva.de/fileadmin/silva_databases/living_tree/LTP_release_111/LTPs111_SSU_tree.pdf (2) "Thermanaerovibrio". http://www.bacterio.net/thermanaerovibrio.html (3) "Cloacibacillus". http://www.bacterio.net/cloacibacillus.html