Ralstonia insidiosa

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Classification

Domain: Bacteria

Phylum: Pseudomonadota

Class: Betaproteobacteria

Order: Burkholderiales

Family: Burkholderiaceae

Genus: Ralstonia

Species: R. insidiosa

Species

NCBI: [1]

Ralstonia insidiosa

Description and Significance

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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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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 _____, student of Prof. Bradley Tolar at UNC Wilmington.