Candidatus Scalindua

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Classification

Domain: Bacteria

Phylum: Planctomycetes

Class: Planctomycetacia

Order: Planctomycetales Family: Brocadiaceae

Genus: Scalindua

Species: Candidatus Scalindua

NCBI http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=236756&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock

Description

Anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria use ammonium and nitrite and produce dinitrogen gas under anoxic Conditions.

The “Candidatus Scalindua” group is primarily found in marine environments. It contains taxonomically diverse members, while only a few them have been successfully grown in enrichment cultures.

Alcanivorax borkumensis [1F]

References

[1] Golyshin, Peter N. “Genome Sequence Completed of Alcanivorax borkumensis, a Hydrocarbon-degrading Bacterium That Plays a Global Role in Oil Removal from Marine Systems.” 3 (2003): 215-20. Print.

Figures

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http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/File:Lorenzo.gif 

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Author

Page authored by Minghung Hsu, student of Prof. Katherine Mcmahon at University of Wisconsin - Madison.