User:MohamedA
A Microbial Biorealm page on the genus MohamedA
Classification
Higher order taxa
Bacteria; Gemmatimonadetes; Gemmatimonadales; Gemmatimonadaceae; Gemmatimonas.
Species
Gemmatimonas aurantiaca T-27
Description and significance
G. aurantiaca T27 is an aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium. It is motile and was isolated from an anaerobic-aerobic sequential batch reactor from wastewater treatment centers. G. aurantiaca T27 is a very slow growing bacterium and is a polyphosphate-accummulating bacteria.
Genome structure
Describe the size and content of the genome. How many chromosomes? Circular or linear? Other interesting features? What is known about its sequence?
Gemmatimonas aurantiaca T-27T has a circular chromosome that consists of 4,636,964 base pairs of which majority, 64.28%, includes G/C pair. G. aurantiaca contains about 3,935 open reading frames, 48 tRNA genes and single rRNA operon were predicted. It also contains essential genes that were previously identified in model organisms such as Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis. This shows that their basic cellular system is not much different from other known microbes. G. aurantiaca T-27T can grow both under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Furthermore, G. auratiaca T-27Tgenome encoded significantly large numbers of signal transduction components, sigma factors and transporters. These genomic features would provide an insight into the life style of G. aurantiaca, and facilitate isolation of not-yet-cultivated Gemmatimonadetes species.
Cell structure and metabolism
Interesting features of cell structure; how it gains energy; what important molecules it produces.
Ecology
Habitat; symbiosis; contributions to the environment.
Pathology
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Current Research
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Cool Factor
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References
Edited by student of Iris Keren: NEUS2012 Amal Mohamed, Soonji Kim, Jaclyn Egitto
