Soil Project 2016
Classification
Domain; Phylum; Class; Order; family [Others may be used. Use NCBI link to find]
Species
NCBI: Taxonomy |
Bacillus subtilis
Habitat Information
Describe the location and conditions under which the organism was isolated.
Description and Significance
Describe the appearance (colonial and cellular), possible antimicrobial activity etc. of the organism, and why the organism might be significant.
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? Include S Ribosomal sequence that you obtained from PCR and sequencing here.
Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle
Interesting features of cell structure; how it gains energy; what important molecules it produces. Bacillus Subtilis is a prokaryote organism. It is a Gram positive organism meaning it has a thick peptidoglycan layer and a think cytoplasmic membrane. It is a rod-shaped cell that used a flagella for motility. This organism is aerobic meaning when it under goes cellular respiration it uses oxygen as the terminal electron acceptor.
Physiology and Pathogenesis
Biochemical characteristics, enzymes made, other characteristics that may be used to identify the organism; contributions to environment (if any).
If relevant, how does this organism cause disease? Human, animal, plant hosts? Virulence factors, as well as patient symptoms.
References
Author
Page authored by Jennifer Vega and Crystal Lucio, students of Prof. Kristine Hollingsworth at Austin Community College.