Geomyces Destructans

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[[Adbacterial.jpg‎|thumb|400px|right|Some bacteria presumed to be of the genus Staphylococcus.
Numbered ticks are 11 µM apart.
Gram-stained.
Photograph by Bob Blaylock.]]

Staphylococcus aureus. Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc.

Classification

Kingdon: Fungi Subkingdom: Dikarya Phylum: Ascomycota Subphylum: Pezizomycotina Class: Leotiomycetes Order: Helotiales Family: Myxotrichaceae Genus: Geomyces Species: Geomyces destructans

NCBI link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gquery/?term=geomices%20destructans

Domain; Phylum; Class; Order; family [Others may be used. Use NCBI link to find]

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 and colony structure

Interesting features of cell structure. Interesting features of colony structure.

Metabolism

Energy source(s); external electron donor(s) (=reductant source(s)); carbon source(s); oxygen classification; important molecules it produces.

Ecology

Habitat; symbiosis; contributions to the environment. metagenomic data link

Pathology

How does this organism cause disease? Human, animal, plant hosts? Virulence factors.

References

List your references here with hyperlinks to the papers or websites when possible. Also, provide the DOI number for articles. For example:

Sylvie Cousin, Marie-Laure Gulat-Okalla, Laurence Motreff, Catherine Gouyette, Christiane Bouchier, Dominique Clermont, and Chantal Bizet. Lactobacillus gigeriorum sp. nov., isolated from chicken crop. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol February 2012 62:330-334; published ahead of print March 18, 2011.} [doi:10.1099/ijs.0.028217-0.

Edited by student of Dr. Lisa R. Moore, University of Southern Maine, Department of Biological Sciences, http://www.usm.maine.edu/bio