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This bacterium is known for its ability to degrade pesticides in contaminated croplands. These pesticides include glyphosate, phoxim, chlorpyrifos, Ochrobacterium teleogrylli has been shown to effectively degrade these. | |||
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Revision as of 14:32, 7 December 2022
Classification
Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhizobiales; Brucellaceae; Ochrobacterium; Ochrobacterium teleogrylli
Species
Taxonomic status: orphaned species
Ochrobacterium teleogrylli is a rod shaped bacterium known to be gram-stain-negative, non-spore-forming, motile, and aerobic.
Description and Significance
Can be plant and animals symbionts, Most commonly this bacterial genus associated with the human pathogenesis. members of the genus Ochrobactrum , were essential for hessian fly to survive on wheat seedlings.
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 Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle
Interesting features of cell structure; how it gains energy; what important molecules it produces.
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.
This bacterium is known for its ability to degrade pesticides in contaminated croplands. These pesticides include glyphosate, phoxim, chlorpyrifos, Ochrobacterium teleogrylli has been shown to effectively degrade these.
Ochrobacterium teleogrylli bacterium is found in the insect Teleogryllus occipitalis which is typically found in the Shuangliu district of China. The bacterium were discovered by taking the crickets, crushing them up, and staining them. It is thought that Ochrobacterium teleogrylli and Teleogryllus occipitalis have a mutualistic relationship. The insecticide-degrading bacterium found on the organisms benefit them since it gives the crickets insecticide resistance.
References
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32100690/
https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.003964
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/8/11/1797
https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/ochrobactrum-teleogrylli
Author
Page authored by Angie Mejia-Leiba, student of Prof. Bradley Tolar at UNC Wilmington.
