Enterococcus innesii
Classification
- Domain
- Bacteria; Phylum: Firmicutes; Class: Bacilli; Order: Lactobacillales; Family: Enterococcaceae.
Species
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Enterococcus Innesii
Description and Significance
Enterococcus Innesii is a novel species of Enterococci isolated by researchers looking at the gut microbiome of the Greater Wax Moth, Galleria mellonella. This species is significant to the medical world as it is antibiotic resistant to vancomycin, a common antibiotic taken to treat enterococci infections. By studying this new species, researchers may be able to understand the way the bacteria has mutated and better understand how to combat bacterium evolution to build effective antibiotics.
Genome Structure
The enterococcus innesii genome is very similar among different strains. The genome is circular in shape and, in a study on 61 different strains of the species, the following data was acquired using 16S rRNA sequencing:
- G+C Content (mol %) = 42.25 - 42.35%
- BP Count = 3692254 - 3806372 bp's
- rRNA = 15 - 22
- tRNA = 63 - 69
- "E. innesii GAL7T was phylogenetically positioned among E. casseliflavus , E. flavescens (re-classified as E. casseliflavus ) and E. gallinarum cluster due to its 16S rRNA sequence similarity (99.53–99.93 %)" (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8744253/).
Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle
Interesting features of cell structure; how it gains energy; what important molecules it produces.
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.
References
Author
Page authored by Andrew Hall, student of Prof. Bradley Tolar at UNC Wilmington.
