Pseudomonas chlororaphis

Classification

Kingdom: Bacteria

Phylum: Proteobacteria

Class: Gamma Proteobacteria

Order: Pseudomonadales

Family: Pseudomonadaceae

Genus: Pseudomonas

Species: chloroaphis

Sub Groups: aurantiaca, aureofaciens, chlororaphis, fragi, lundensis, taetrolens

Species

Pseudomonas chloroaphis

NCBI: Taxonomy

Genus species

Description and Significance

Description

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Genome Structure

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Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle

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Ecology and Pathogenesis

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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.

http://aem.asm.org/cgi/reprint/65/8/3674

Author

Page authored by Brad J. Wardynski, Michael Wandersee, and Erika White, students of Prof. Jay Lennon at Michigan State University.

Pseudomonas chlororaphis

P. chlororaphis group

P. aurantiaca P. aureofaciens P. chlororaphis P. fragi P. lundensis P. taetrolens