Neptunomonas

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Classification

Domain; Phylum; Class; Order; family [Others may be used. Use NCBI link to find]

Species

NCBI: [1]

Genus species

Description and Significance

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Genome Structure

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Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle

Interesting features of cell structure; how it gains energy; what important molecules it produces.

Metabolism: This species can receive and use resources from a wide range of carbon sources for metabolic engineering. They are aerobically respiring organisms, selectivity anaerobic capabilities, with oxidising strains commonly associated with polluted coastal marine sediments. Additionally, this organism is closely related to the endosymbionts of the bone-eating polychaetes in the genus Osedax, occurring in root structures produced by Osedax which penetrate the whale bone. Location and enzyme activity suggest Neptunomonas aid in the digestion of bones for the polychaete, however it is unknown yet if the resulting molecules are used in metabolic processes for the micro-organism.

Ecology and Pathogenesis

Habitat; symbiosis; biogeochemical significance; contributions to environment.

If relevant, how does this organism cause disease? Human, animal, plant hosts? Virulence factors, as well as patient symptoms.

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 Nathan Hicks, student of Prof. Bradley Tolar at UNC Wilmington.