Classification
Domain: Bacteria, Phylum: Chloroflexi, Class: Chloroflexi, Order: Chloroflexales, Family: Chloroflexaceae
Species
Roseiflexus castenholzii
Description and Significance
Describe the appearance, habitat, etc. of the organism, and why you think it is important.
Genome Structure
Describe the size and content of the genome. How many chromosomes? Circular or linear? Other interesting features? What is known about its sequence?
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
Hanada, S., Takaichi, S., Matsuura, K., and Nakamura, K. "Roseiflexus castenholzii gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, filamentous, photosynthetic bacterium that lacks chlorosomes". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2002. Volume 52. p. 187-193.
Van der Meer, M. T., Klatt, C. G., Wood, J., Bryant, D. A., Bateson, M. M., Lammerts, L., Schouten, S., Damste, J. S., Madigan, M. T., and Ward, D. M. "Cultivation and genomic, nutritional, and lipid biomarker characterization of Roseiflexus strains closely related to predominant in situ populations inhabity Yellowstone hot spring microbial mats". Journal of Bacteriology. 2010. Volume 192. Issue 12. p. 3033-3042.
Yamada, M., Zhang, H., Hanada, S., Nagashima, K. V., Shimada, K., and Matsuura, K. "Structural and spectroscopic properties of a reaction center complex from the chlorosome-lacking filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic bacterium Roseiflexus castenholzii". Journal of Bacteriology. 2005. Volume 187. Issue 5. p. 1702-1709.
[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 Jessica Lefere and Bernice Li, students of Prof. Jay Lennon at Michigan State University.
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