Trueperella pyogenes

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Classification

Domain: Bacteria; High Gram Positive Class; Actinobacteria Order; Actinomycetales Family; Actinomycetaceae

Species

Trueperella pyogenes

NCBI: [1]

Trueperella

Description and Significance

Trueperella pyogenes is a gram positive bacteria which is "non-spore-forming, non-motile, non-capsulated, facultatively anaerobic rod" (NCBI). This bacteria thrives in areas rich with blood and/or serum, which is often used to culture. For this reason, T. pyogenes is responsible for many types of infections including mastitis, pneumonia, and abscesses often found in livestock and humans.

Genome Structure

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Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle

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Ecology and Pathogenesis

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References

[Sample reference] Takai, K., Sugai, A., Itoh, T., and Horikoshi, K. "Palaeococcus ferrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2000. Volume 50. p. 489-500.

Author

Page authored by Elan Doyle, student of Prof. Bradley Tolar at UNC Wilmington.