Hyphomonas neptunium
A Microbial Biorealm page on the genus Hyphomonas neptunium
Classification
Higher order taxa
Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhodobacterales; Hyphomonadaceae; Hyphomonas
Species
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Genus species
Description and significance
Hyphomonas neptunium is a prosthecate (having a appendage or stalk) alpha-proteobacterium that was isolated from sea water in Barcelona, Spain and was originally named Hyphomicrobium neptunium. It is a rod-shaped budding aerobic bacterium. it reproduces primarily by binary fission and uses its stalk as a reproductive structure. supported by 16 rRNA gene sequencing phylogeny, it is currently classified as 'Rhodobacterales.'
Genome structure
its genome is cifrcular with 3705021 bp long and has 3,552 genes.
Metabolism
it it a heterotrphic that utilizes a wide range of substrates including nitrogen as the main energy source of metabolism.
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Pathology
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Application to Biotechnology
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References
Edited by student of Rachel Larsen and Kit Pogliano
