Photobacterium leiognathi

The Microbial Biorealm

A Microbial Diversity Resource

Authors: Ryo Tashiro '09, Molly Schlemmer '08, Shrochis Karki '09, Allison Whipple '06, Zeva Levine (Beloit), Laura Damon-Moore (Beloit), Ariel Kahrl², Hannah Sacks '08, Michael Stulberg '05, Casey M. Smith '06, and Shana Scogin '07

Advisor: Joan Slonczewski, Biology Dept, Kenyon College
Guest authors from ¹Beloit;²Oberlin
Funded by HHMI awards to Kenyon College, 2000, 2004

Review from Focus on Microbiology Education
Jennifer L. Taylor, authors. Licensed for use, ASM MicrobeLibrary

Recommended Sites:
NCBI Taxonomy
NCBI Microbial Genomes
The Prokaryotes: An Evolving Electronic Resource
LBSN List of Bacterial Names
MB409 Microbial Diversity
Science - PNAS - ASM Journals - Nature

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Microbial Descriptions and Taxonomy

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Division, Order, Genus

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Bacteria	Archaea	Eukarya
Actinobacteria Actinomycetales Arthrobacter Corynebacterium Frankia Micrococcus Mycobacterium Propionibacterium Streptomyces Bifidobacteriales Bifidobacterium Aquificae Aquificales Aquifex Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi group Bacteroidales Bacteroides Porphyromonas Chlorobiales Chlorobium Flavobacteriales Flavobacterium Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia Chlamydiales Chlamydia Verrucomicrobiales Prosthecobacter Verrucomicrobium Chloroflexi Chlorflexales Chloroflexus Cyanobacteria Chloroplast Chroococcales Chroococcus Merismopedia Synechococcus Nostocales Anabaena Nostoc Oscillatoriales Spirulina Trichodesmium Pleurocapsales Pleurocapsa Prochlorophytes Prochlorococcus Prochloron Firmicutes (Gram positive) Bacillales Bacillus Listeria Staphylococcus Clostridiales Clostridium Dehalobacter Epulopiscium Ruminococcus Lactobacillales Enterococcus Lactobacillus Streptococcus Mollicutes Mycoplasma Nitrospirae Nitrospirales Leptospirillum Nitrospira Thermodesulfo-bacterium Planctomycetes Planctomycetales Gemmata Pirellula Planctomyces Proteobacteria (Alpha) Caulobacterales Caulobacter Rhizobiales Agrobacterium Bradyrhizobium Brucella Methylobacterium Prosthecomicrobium Rhizobium Rhodopseudomonas Sinorhizobium Rhodobacterales Rhodobacter Roseobacter Rhodospirales Acetobacter Rhodospirillum Rickettsiales Rickettsia Mitochondria Wolbachia Sphingomonadales Erythrobacter Erythromicrobium Sphingomonas Proteobacteria (Beta) Burkholderiales Alcaligenes Burkholderia Leptothrix Sphaerotilus Hydrogenophilales Thiobacillus Neisseriales Neisseria Nitrosomonadales Nitrosomonas Gallionella Spirillum 'Rhodocyclales' Azoarcus Proteobacteria (Gamma) Aeromonadales Aeromonas Succinomonas Succinivibrio Ruminobacter Chromatiales Nitrosococcus Thiocapsa Enterobacteriales Enterobacter Escherichia Klebsiella Salmonella Wigglesworthia Yersinia Legionellales Coxiella Legionella Oceanospirales Halomonas Pasteurellales Pasteurella Pseudomonadales Acinetobacter Azotobacter Pseudomonas Psychrobacter Thiotrichales Beggiatoa Thiomargarita Vibrionales Vibrio Xanthomonadales Xanthomonas Proteobacteria (Delta/Epsilon) Campylobacterales Campylobacter Helicobacter Myxococcales Myxococcus Desulfobacterales '''Desulfosarcina''' Desulfuromonadales Geobacter Desulfuromonas Spirochaetes Spirochaetales Borrelia Leptospira Treponema Thermotogae Thermotogales Petrotoga Thermotoga Thermus/Deinococcus group Deinococcales Deinococcus Thermales Thermus	Crenarchaeota Desulfurococcales Aeropyrum Desulfurococcus Pyrodictium Ignicoccus Thermosphaera Sulfolobales Sulfolobus Thermoproteales Thermoproteus Euryarchaeota Archaeoglobales Archaeoglobus Haloarchaea (Halobacteriales) Haloarcula Halobacterium Halococcus Haloferax Natronococcus Natronomonas Methanobacteriales Methanothermobacter Methanosphaera Methanococcales Methanococcus Methanoculleus Methanosarcinales Methanosarcina Methanopyrales Methanopyrus Thermococcales Pyrococcus Thermococcus Thermoplasmatales Ferroplasma Picrophilus Thermoplasma Thermoproteales Pyrobaculum Korarchaeota Nanoarchaeota Nanoarchaeum	Opisthokonta Metazoa (multicellular animals) Choanoflagellata Fungi (Eumycota, true fungi) Ascomycota Aspergillus Magnaporthe Morchella Neurospora Penicillium Saccharomyces Basidiomycota Cryptococcus Chytridiomycota Microsporidia Zygomycota Viridiplantae (algae & plant) Multicellular Plants Charophyta Chlorophyta Rhodophyta Amebozoa Amebas Pelobionta Myxomycota (slime molds) Dictyosteliida Myxogastria (myxomycetes) Protostelida 'Cercozoa (shelled amebas)' 'Foraminifera' 'Radiolaria' 'Euglyphids' Alveolata (have cortical alveoli) Ciliophora Didinium Paramecium Stentor Suctoria Vorticella Dinoflagellata Alexandrium Ceratium Pfiesteria Zooxanthellae Apicomplexa Piroplasmida Babesia Haemosporida Leukocytozoon Plasmodium Coccidia Cryptosporidium Cyclospora Sarcocystis Marine flagellates (other)Heterokonta (Stramenopiles) Bicosoecids ' Chrysophyta' Actinophrydae Bacillariophyta (diatoms) Chrysophyceae Xanthophyceae Oomycota Labyrinthulids Opalinids Phaeophyceae (kelp) Haptophytes Emiliania Discicristata Acrasids Euglenozoa Trypanosoma Trypanosoma Leishmania Excavata Diplomonads Giardia Oxymonads Parabasalids Mixotricha Trichomonas Retortamonads Emerging Eukaryotes Nano- and Picoeukaryotes