Denitrovibrio acetiphilus: Difference between revisions
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==Description and Significance== | ==Description and Significance== | ||
Describe the appearance, habitat, etc. of the organism, and why you think it is important. | Describe the appearance, habitat, etc. of the organism, and why you think it is important. | ||
Denitrovibrio acetiphilus is a marine, mesophilic, obligately anerobic organism. D. acetiphilus respires through nitrate reduction. (3) | |||
Denitrovibrio acetiphilus is of phylogenetic interest because there are currently only six genera described in the family Deferribacteraceae. The organism was found in a laboratory column reducing nitrate to ammonia. The column simulated off-shore oil drilling conditions, and the presence of this organism will prove beneficial to stopping the process of undesired hydrogen sulfide formation. When nitrate is added to the system with sulfate reducing populations, production is overcome by these nitrate reducing bateria. (3) | |||
==Genome Structure== | ==Genome Structure== | ||
Revision as of 23:14, 21 March 2012
Classification
Domain: Bacteria; Phylum: Deferribacteres; Class: Deferribacteres; Order: Deferribacterales; family: Deferribacteraceae; genus: Denitrovibrio. (1)
Species
Species: acetiphilus (2)
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NCBI: Taxonomy |
Denitrovibrio acetiphilus
Description and Significance
Describe the appearance, habitat, etc. of the organism, and why you think it is important.
Denitrovibrio acetiphilus is a marine, mesophilic, obligately anerobic organism. D. acetiphilus respires through nitrate reduction. (3)
Denitrovibrio acetiphilus is of phylogenetic interest because there are currently only six genera described in the family Deferribacteraceae. The organism was found in a laboratory column reducing nitrate to ammonia. The column simulated off-shore oil drilling conditions, and the presence of this organism will prove beneficial to stopping the process of undesired hydrogen sulfide formation. When nitrate is added to the system with sulfate reducing populations, production is overcome by these nitrate reducing bateria. (3)
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?
Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle
Interesting features of cell structure; how it gains energy; what important molecules it produces.
Ecology and Pathogenesis
Habitat; symbiosis; biogeochemical significance; contributions to environment.
If relevant, how does this organism cause disease? Human, animal, plant hosts? Virulence factors, as well as patient symptoms.
References
(1) Denitrovibrio acetiphilus taxonomy - (http://www.catalogueoflife.org/details/species/id/4257206)
(2) Myhr, S., and Torsvik, T. "Denitrovibrio acetiphilus, a novel genus and species of dissimilatory nitrate-reducing bacterium isolated from an oil reservoir model column". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology". 2000. Volume 50. pgs. 1611–1619 (http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/50/4/1611.full.pdf).
Authors
Page authored by Rodney Tocco, Minh Tran, Samantha Wengert, and Eric Werner, students of Prof. Jay Lennon at Michigan State University.
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