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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.
Gymnodinium veneficum was originally named and discovered by Mary Parke and D. Ballantine in 1956 (Guiry and Guiry, 2012). It was found to be very closely related to Gymnodinium vitiligo, due to its small size and similar structural characteristics (Guiry and Guiry, 2012). The most distinct difference between G. veneficum and G. vilitgo was that, G. veneficum produced and released toxins which lead to a change in name. But after more research was performed on this particular species, the genus name was changed to Karlodinium. The species was renamed Karlodinium veneficum due to the discovery of harmful toxins produced by this species which has been known to cause harmful algae blooms and kill fish in marine ecosystems and its similarities to K. micrum (Van Wagoner et. al.  2012).
K. veneficum is part of the Eukarya domain and a marine planktonic dinoflagellate found in oceans and estuaries all around the world. It is a photosynthetic species that contains chloroplasts.


==Genome structure==
==Genome structure==

Revision as of 16:39, 25 April 2012

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A Microbial Biorealm page on the genus LRMoore Prokaryote template

Classification

Higher order taxa

Eukarota; Myzozoa; dinophyceae; Gymnodiniales; Kareniaceae [Others may be used. Use NCBI link to find]

Species

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Karlodinium veneficum Previously named Gymnodinium veneficum

Description and significance

Gymnodinium veneficum was originally named and discovered by Mary Parke and D. Ballantine in 1956 (Guiry and Guiry, 2012). It was found to be very closely related to Gymnodinium vitiligo, due to its small size and similar structural characteristics (Guiry and Guiry, 2012). The most distinct difference between G. veneficum and G. vilitgo was that, G. veneficum produced and released toxins which lead to a change in name. But after more research was performed on this particular species, the genus name was changed to Karlodinium. The species was renamed Karlodinium veneficum due to the discovery of harmful toxins produced by this species which has been known to cause harmful algae blooms and kill fish in marine ecosystems and its similarities to K. micrum (Van Wagoner et. al. 2012). K. veneficum is part of the Eukarya domain and a marine planktonic dinoflagellate found in oceans and estuaries all around the world. It is a photosynthetic species that contains chloroplasts.

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 PUT YOUR NAME HERE of Dr. Lisa R. Moore, University of Southern Maine, Department of Biological Sciences, http://www.usm.maine.edu/bio