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  • <br>They contain two lipoid structures at the polar ends of the cell. These structures are highly refractile and may ...y elastic slime in varying colors. <i> B. derxii</i> can be characterized by a green fluorescent pigment, this pigment is most prominent on iron-deficie
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  • ...200px|thumb|right|Phylogenetic tree by anaylsis of 16S rRNA gene sequences by [http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/53/4/1093 Bozal et al.]]] ...kes. At one point or another, most of the lakes of the Earth were covered by glaciers. In many cases, the glaciers would keep the lakes sealed from the
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  • The ''A. phosphatis'' clade IIA str. UW-1 was mapped by the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) in 2004 with an i ...nt (Pijuan 2003). Another pathway exists through the reduction of glycogen by glycolysis. This process produces ATP and NADH reducing equivalents (Black
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  • [[Image:Potato_plant_ring_rot.jpg|thumb|Taken by J.D. Janse, Plant Protection Service, Bugwood.org. Advanced stages of ''C. ...tory, Harpenden Archive, British Crown, Bugwood.org. Potato tuber infected by ''C. michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus.'' Note dark discoloration and cream
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  • ...-field micrograph containing intracellular sulfur globules. Photo provided by Hans G. Trüper Bonn (click to enlarge). Source: [http://genome.jgi-psf.org ...gical and Physiological Studies on Purple Sulphur Bacteria (Chromatiaceae) at Aswan High Dam Lake’’”. “IDOSI Publications”. 2008. Volume 4. P.
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  • [[Category:Pages edited by students at Michigan State University]] ...unctions to continue in the ecosystem that it lives. ''M. frigidum'' grows by CO<sub>2</sub> reduction, and uses H<sub>2</sub> as it's electron donator.
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  • ...and 3600-3900 proteins.[4] Rolling-circle replication is the method used by most <i>B. pumilus</i> plasmids.[5] Assimilation of plasmids is useful bec ...ore into the environment. The stage of sporangia is between the vegetative state and a free spore in which an immature spore is nested within the cell that
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  • ...er species such as ''Alcanivorax venustensis'' were described to be motile by polar flagella [1]. The optimial conditions described for A.borkumensis gro ...e ocean are largely due to anthropogenic sources such as oil spills caused by tankers accidents (Figure 2), and cause serious ecological damage to plants
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  • ...te cell size was measured as 3.5 by 0.7 µm. The bacterial cells are motile by means of a flagellum for propulsion, which is located on the concave side o ...approximately 2-3 mm in diameter. The bacteria are also capable at growing at temperatures as low as 5-10°C[3].
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  • ...USDA, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory)" Image and caption found at Sciencedaily.com [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070305141222 ...budding most commonly occurring at 25°C. Studies have shown growth ceases at temperatures around 40°C to 45°C [5].
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  • ...il|300px|Figure 1. ''Meiothermus silvanus''. Image from Mark Kolari at the University of Helsinki [http://www.biocenter.helsinki.fi/groups/salkinoja/page4.htm]]] ...Microbial "slime" found in paper machines''. Image from Mark Kolari at the University of Helsinki [http://www.biocenter.helsinki.fi/groups/salkinoja/page4.htm]]]
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  • ...arine carbon cycle as it fixes inorganic carbon which can then be utilized by herterotrophs. ...Galapagos Islands. In culture ''N. mobilis'' requires media compromised of at least 70% sea water to grow. Just adding salts does not produce a media cap
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  • ...st conditions.. Source: [http://www.apsnet.org/publications/apsnetfeatures/Pages/PotatoLateBlightPlantDiseasesComponents.aspx]]] ...sporangia (B). Source: [http://www.apsnet.org/publications/apsnetfeatures/Pages/PotatoLateBlightPlantDiseasesComponents.aspx]]]
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  • ...nd often eliminates soft-rot in leaves of the tobacco plant that is caused by ''Erwinia carotovora'' (European, 2009). ...ulture and horticulture by acting against various fungal plant pathogens by creating phenazine (antibiotic to root rot of cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes,
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  • ...about 166.2±2.2 Mb, and race L has a larger genome size than its brothers at about 211.3±1.7 Mb <sup>13</sup>. :The codon usage of ''B. braunii'' was looked at for possible genetic engineering capabilities and showed that unlike most g
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  • ...ss to biofuel and bioproducts. Current research into this idea is looking at a strain of ''L. plantarum'' which has certain genes inactivated to elimina ...ular chromosome it contains 3,308,274 base pairs. The genome was sequenced by using whole genome sequencing as assembly approach. The overall GC content
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  • ...is a detailed diagram of a Microbial Fuel Cell and how it generates energy by producing an electrical current with the help of bacterial organisms. (Fuel ...f this organism to optimize the oxidation of the dark fermentation process by making further energy sources out of previously considered waste products c
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  • ...thumb|left|''Thiocapsa roseopersicina'' and other sulfur bacteria as drawn by Winogradsky [http://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/water-science/4511_14 ''Thiocapsa roseopersicina'' was discovered by Sergei Winogradsky in the 1880s when he was studying sulfur bacteria.
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  • <!--This is the old text, I have edited it as below, but kept this old version for you to check and review. ~Indu ...pH level of 5.6 [Pivovarova et. al. 2002]. This has led to research aimed at determining how this "pH anomaly" exists and how this organism has evolved
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  • ...ose uronic acid (DEH), which is reduced into 2-keto-3-deoxygluconate (KDG) by DEH reductase (DehR). Using KDG kinase (KdgK) and KDG-6-phosphate aldolase ...n this organism may be in aquatic environments. This light that is emitted by the organism can offer many benefits to any animal that chooses to uptake t
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