Hyphomonas adhaerens
Classification
Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhodobacterales; Hyphomonadaceae; Hyphomonas [Others may be used. Use NCBI link to find]
Species
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Hyphomonas adhaerens
Description and Significance
Describe the appearance, habitat, etc. of the organism, and why you think it is important.
Adhaerens means "hanging on/sticking to".
Hyphomonas adhaerens is a budding/prosthecate bacteria that lives in a marine environment. The main body of the mother cell is a prolate spheroid, 1-2 μm in diameter with one prosthecum 0-2 μm wide x 1-5 μm long. It is motile by a single flagellum and the main body of the reproductive cell is surrounded by a capsular polysaccharide. It is gram-negative, not acid-fast, has no endospores, and is aerobic. Forms in colonies that are round and undulate and are 1-5 mm in diameter after three days at 30°C. Forms a thick biofilm in liquid media and grows optimally at 27-37°C. Optimum growth in ocean salt is 1.5-12% and pH at 5.7-8.7. It also reduces nitrate.
Genome Structure
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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
Author
Page authored by _____, student of Prof. Jay Lennon at Michigan State University.
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