Ralstonia insidiosa

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Classification

Domain: Bacteria

Phylum: Pseudomonadota

Class: Betaproteobacteria

Order: Burkholderiales

Family: Burkholderiaceae

Genus: Ralstonia

Species: R. insidiosa

Species

NCBI: [1]

Ralstonia insidiosa

Description and Significance

Ralstonia insidiosa is a bacillus shaped bacterium and can be found in ponds, rivers, soils, and sludge naturally. It can also be found in drinking water, industry purified water, and most importantly, hospital water supplies. This organism is important to understand because it can cause sepsis and other infections in patients within hospital settings.

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

[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 Samarah Jeffrey, student of Prof. Bradley Tolar at UNC Wilmington.