Courtney Dever and Jennifer Lopez
Classification
Kingdom Bacteria; Phylum Firmicutes; Class Bacilli; Order Bacillales; Family Paenibacillaceae [Others may be used. Use NCBI link to find]
Species
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NCBI: Taxonomy |
Genus species Brevibacillus laterosporus
Habitat Information
Describe the location and conditions under which the organism was isolated.
Two tablespoons of an unknown soil organism were collected at a depth of approximately 1” below the soil surface on January 1, 2016 at 11:53 am from (latitude, longitude) and placed in a plastic Ziploc baggie at room temperature. Below is a picture of the area, and also a picture of the exact location where the soil was taken at the time of retrieval.
Weather conditions on January 1, 2016 at 11:53 am were as follows (source: w1.weather.gov):
Wind: S14
Visibility: 10
Weather: A few clouds
Sky conditions: FEW 200
Temperature:
• Air temperature: 73°F
• Dewpoint: 34
• 6 hour max: 73
• 6 hour min: 32
Relative humidity: 24%
Pressure:
• Altimeter (in): 30.06
• Sea level (mb): 1017.8
• Precipitation (in): 0
Weather conditions also included (source: texaset.tamu.edu):
ET0 or PET: 0.10 in.
Temperature max: 76 °F
Temperature min: 36°F
RH min: 17%
Solar radiation: 17.55 MJm2
Rain: 0 in.
Wind 4 am: 0.12 mph
Wind 4 pm: 6.13 mph
Soil conditions included (source: websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov):
Map Unit Name: Travis soils and urban land, 1 to 8 percent slopes
Acres in AOI: 0.1
Percent of AOI: 100%
Description and Significance
Describe the appearance (colonial and cellular), possible antimicrobial activity etc. of the organism, and why the organism might be significant.
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? Include S Ribosomal sequence that you obtained from PCR and sequencing here.
Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle
Interesting features of cell structure; how it gains energy; what important molecules it produces.
Physiology and Pathogenesis
Biochemical characteristics, enzymes made, other characteristics that may be used to identify the organism; contributions to environment (if any).
If relevant, how does this organism cause disease? Human, animal, plant hosts? Virulence factors, as well as patient symptoms.
References
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi
Author
Page authored by Courtney Dever and Jennifer Lopez, students of Prof. Kristine Hollingsworth at Austin Community College.
