Haliangium ochraceum

Classification

Bacteria, Proteobacteria, subdivisions: deltaproteobacteria, Myxococcales, Nannocystineae, Haliangiaceae, Haliangium, Haliangium ochraceum

Species

NCBI: Taxonomy

Genus species: Halangium ochraceum DSM 14365, Halangium ochraceum SMP-2

Description and Significance

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Genome Structure

Haliangium ochraceum is an aerobic, obligate halophilic Gram-negative myxobacterium isolated from seaweed collected from a sandy beach in Kanagawa, Japan. Myxobacteria are unicellular bacteria that are characterized by complicated multicellular behaviors, such as feeding, social movement, aggregation, and fruiting body formation, which make them highly unusual.

Properties: Presence of flagella: Yes Human pathogen: No Interaction: No Number of membranes: 2 Number of inteins:0

(1.2 to 1.8 μm in diameter)

Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle

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Ecology and Pathogenesis

Habitat; symbiosis; biogeochemical significance; contributions to environment.
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References

[Sample reference] Takai, K., Sugai, A., Itoh, T., and Horikoshi, K. "Palaeococcus ferrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2000. Volume 50. p. 489-500.

Author

Page authored by _____, student of Prof. Jay Lennon at Michigan State University.