Finegoldia magna
Classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Clostridia
Order: Eubacteriales
Family: Peptoniphilaceae
Genus: Finegoldia
Species
Finegoldia magna [3]
NCBI: Taxonomy [4] |
Description and Significance
Describe the appearance, habitat, etc. of the organism, and why you think it is important.
’’Finegoldia magna is a slow-growing, non-spore-forming, Gram-positive anaerobic coccus (GPAC) bacteria, in which "coccus" indicates a spherical cell shape.
- The Genus namesake is the American microbiologist Sydney Martin Finegold.
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.
Cell Structure
- Finegoldia magna is a Gram-positive anaerobic coccus (GPAC) bacteria, in which "coccus" indicates a spherical cell shape.
- It has a cell size that varies from 0.8 µm and 1.6 µm in diameter, and cells occur predominantly in clusters but occasionally in short chains or pairs, as in Figure 2.
- In a 1998 experiment by Murdoch et al., F. magna isolates were plated on agar and exposed to air. After 48 hours, some clusters survived, indicating a level of oxygen tolerance. [5]
Ecology and Pathogenesis
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Author
Page authored by Susan Reed, Nitesh Naren, Matt Millikin, students of Prof. Jay Lennon at Indiana University.