Koribacter

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Classification

Domain: Bacteria

Phylum: Acidobacteria

Class: Acidobacteria

Order: Acidobacteriales

Family: Acidobacteriaceae

Genus: Candidatus Koribacter

Description

Genome of Candidatus Koribacter versatilis Ellin345

First isolated from soil in ryegrass/clover pasture in Australian in 2003. After the strain was isolated, it was informally given the candidate Latin binomial "Candidatus Koribacter versatilis" Ellin345. Cells are small (0.5um by 1.0um) Gram-negative rods.

Ecology and Significance

Growth temperatures are between 4C and 37C. It is widely distributed in soils, and members make up to 14% of soil bacterial communities in some samples.

Genome Structure

Circular chromosome. Contains 5,650,368 nucleotides, 4,777 protein genes, and 55 RNA genes.

Metabolism

It is heterotrophic and able to grow on a variety of sugars or polysaccharides. It is acidophilic and able to brow between pH 3.0 and 7.5; optimum is below pH 6.0. It is capable of hemicellulose side chain degradation.

References

[1] Golyshin, Peter N. “Genome Sequence Completed of Alcanivorax borkumensis, a Hydrocarbon-degrading Bacterium That Plays a Global Role in Oil Removal from Marine Systems.” 3 (2003): 215-20. Print.

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Author

Page authored by _____, student of Prof. Katherine Mcmahon at University of Wisconsin - Madison.