Pedomicrobium manganicum

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Classification

• Domain: Bacteria
• Phylum: Proteobacteria
• Class: Alpha Proteobacteria
• Order: Rhizobiales
• Family: Hyphomicrobiaceae

Species

NCBI: Taxonomy

Pedomicrobium manganicum

Description and Significance

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Genome Structure

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Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle

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Ecology and Pathogenesis

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If relevant, how does this organism cause disease? Human, animal, plant hosts? Virulence factors, as well as patient symptoms.

References

1. Watterson, John R. "Preliminary Evidence for the Involvement of Budding Bacteria in the Origin of Alaskan Placer Gold." Geology 20.April (1992): 315-18. GeoScienceWorld. Web. 20 Apr. 2015.
2. R. "Enrichment, Isolation, and Emended Description of Pedomicrobium Ferrugineum Aristovskaya and Pedomicrobium Manganicum Aristovskaya." International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 31.3 (1981): 302-16. IJSEM. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. Web. 21 Apr. 2015.

[Sample reference] Takai, K., Sugai, A., Itoh, T., and Horikoshi, K. "Palaeococcus ferrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2000. Volume 50. p. 489-500.

Author

Page authored by _____, student of Prof. Jay Lennon at IndianaUniversity.