Finegoldia magna
Classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Clostridia
Order: Eubacteriales
Family: Peptoniphilaceae
Genus: Finegoldia
Species: Finegoldia magna [2]
Species
NCBI: Taxonomy [3] |
Finegoldia magna
Description and Significance
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Genome Structure
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Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle
Interesting features of cell structure; how it gains energy; what important molecules it produces.
Finegoldia magna has a cell structure that is a cocci, or spherical in shape and bacilli (rod-shaped bacteria). It has a cell size that varies from 0.8µm and 1.6µm in diameter, which occur predominantly in clusters but occasionally in short chains, as in Figure 2.
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
[ ][https://www-nature-com.proxyiub.uits.iu.edu/articles/s41598-017-18661-8 Brüggemann, H., A. Jensen, S. Nazipi, H. Aslan, R. Meyer, A. Poehlein, E. Brzuszkiewics, M. Al-Zeer, V. Brinkmann, B. Söderquist. "Pan-genome analysis of the genus Finegoldia identifies two distinct clades, strain-specific heterogeneity, and putative virulence factors". Nature: Scientific Reports. 2018. 8:216.]
Author
Page authored by Susan Reed, Nitesh Naren, Matt Millikin, students of Prof. Jay Lennon at Indiana University.