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Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle | |||
Ecology and Pathogenesis | |||
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The size of the bacteria in megabase pairs or (Mb) is 3.41. | The size of the bacteria in megabase pairs or (Mb) is 3.41. | ||
The guanine and cytosine percentage is GC% 67.2. | The guanine and cytosine percentage is GC% 67.2. - 42.9 mol% of G+C content- specific strain | ||
Number of Genes 3,134 | Number of Genes 3,134 | ||
Number of Proteins 3,084 | Number of Proteins 3,084 | ||
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Number of Chromosomes 0 | Number of Chromosomes 0 | ||
Number of plasmids 0 | Number of plasmids 0 | ||
Entire genome has been sequenced | |||
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Many of the isolates that have been observed of this bacteria are Gram negative bacteria. These bacteria are oxidase and catalase-positive and obligate aerobic. It has been observed that the bacteria under aerobic conditions consume acetate and glucose. They also have a high substrate uptake capability. Many filamentous bacteria have a high substrate affinity and this one follows that characteristic. Using MAR-FISH all substrates were offered and that main ones that were taken up were acetate, propionate, butyrate, oleic acid, and glucose. There was also an uptake of sugars and amino acids. | Many of the isolates that have been observed of this bacteria are Gram negative bacteria. These bacteria are oxidase and catalase-positive and obligate aerobic. It has been observed that the bacteria under aerobic conditions consume acetate and glucose. They also have a high substrate uptake capability. Many filamentous bacteria have a high substrate affinity and this one follows that characteristic. Using MAR-FISH all substrates were offered and that main ones that were taken up were acetate, propionate, butyrate, oleic acid, and glucose. There was also an uptake of sugars and amino acids. | ||
When nitrate is an electron acceptor cannot grow anaerobically. | |||
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Found in the sludge of industrial wastewater treatment plants. Five strains were isolated from the sludge and 16S rRNA analysis showed that the strains form a monophyletic cluster. Meganema perideroedes consumes acetate and glucose under aerobic conditions with an unusually high substrate uptake. | Found in the sludge of industrial wastewater treatment plants. Five strains were isolated from the sludge and 16S rRNA analysis showed that the strains form a monophyletic cluster. Meganema perideroedes consumes acetate and glucose under aerobic conditions with an unusually high substrate uptake. | ||
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Known habitat is a mixture of activated sludges | |||
References | References | ||
Revision as of 14:27, 23 April 2014
Contents
Classification
Species
Description and Significance
Genome Structure
Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle
Ecology and Pathogenesis
References
Author
Classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rhizobiales
Family: Methylobacteriaceae
Species: Meganema
Description and significance
Filamentous bacteria in the class Alphaproteobacteria, identified in sludge from an industrial wastewater treatment plant. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA showed that the strain forms a monophyletic cluster with five strains in the same Alphaproteobacteria class. However, Meganema perideroedes is phenotypically different from its closest relative, filamentous bacteria Brevundimonas vesicularis. The optimum temperature of growth is 30 degrees celcius with a salinity of 2% NaCl. Meganema perideroedes was studied in depth because its filamentous morphology, Nostocoida limicola Type II, often causes bulking problems in activated sludge wastewater treatment plants. In order to find efficient control methods, knowledge of the physiology and ecology of the bacteria is important.
Genome Structure
The size of the bacteria in megabase pairs or (Mb) is 3.41. The guanine and cytosine percentage is GC% 67.2. - 42.9 mol% of G+C content- specific strain Number of Genes 3,134 Number of Proteins 3,084 Total Sequence Length 3,409,949 Number of Scaffold 17 Number of Chromosomes 0 Number of plasmids 0 Entire genome has been sequenced
Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle
Cell Structure Characteristics
The cell structure appears to be bent/curled, occasionally tangled filaments that are not motile or branched. The filament length measures to be greater than 200 micrometers with the diameter being about 1.4-2.0 micrometers. The septa is visible but the sheath and any attached growth are absent. Cell shape varies from spherical, discoid or ovoid shaped. Other granules may be present but there is no sulfur storage. The cell is Gram negative and Neisser negative even though some cells would stain Gram positive.
Metabolism
Many of the isolates that have been observed of this bacteria are Gram negative bacteria. These bacteria are oxidase and catalase-positive and obligate aerobic. It has been observed that the bacteria under aerobic conditions consume acetate and glucose. They also have a high substrate uptake capability. Many filamentous bacteria have a high substrate affinity and this one follows that characteristic. Using MAR-FISH all substrates were offered and that main ones that were taken up were acetate, propionate, butyrate, oleic acid, and glucose. There was also an uptake of sugars and amino acids.
When nitrate is an electron acceptor cannot grow anaerobically.
Ecology
Found in the sludge of industrial wastewater treatment plants. Five strains were isolated from the sludge and 16S rRNA analysis showed that the strains form a monophyletic cluster. Meganema perideroedes consumes acetate and glucose under aerobic conditions with an unusually high substrate uptake.
Habitat
Known habitat is a mixture of activated sludges
References
Kragelund, C., Nielsen, J. L., Thomsen, T. R. and Nielsen, P. H. (2005), Ecophysiology of the filamentous Alphaproteobacterium Meganema perideroedes in activated sludge. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 54: 111–112. doi: 10.1016/j.femsec.2005.03.002
Thomsen, T. R.. "Meganema perideroedes gen. nov., sp. nov., a filamentous alphaproteobacterium from activated sludge." International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (): 1865-1868. Print.
Authors
David Bur
Danielle Stawkey
