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...sually mesophiles, but strain SS015 is a thermophile. This ability to live at higher temperatures is incorporated into its nomenclature. ''Geothermobacte ...e and its main metabolic process is reduction of Fe(III) and decomposition of organic material.

...nd PscA-like sequence in ''Cab. thermophilum'', Reproduced with permission of Dr. D. A. Bryant [http://www.bmb.psu.edu/faculty/bryant/lab/Project/Acido/i ...ersity. The research was funded by National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, and the NASA Exobiology Program.[1]

...:89-2228-1-PB.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Figure 1. Scanning electron micrograph of <i>D. acetiphilus</i> strain N2460T [3]]] ...liminating the need for expensive biocides currently used in the treatment of oil reserves. [3]

...roteins and ATP synthase which are functional at high temperatures instead of denaturing [3]. ...hyperthermophile belonging to the same genus. Both BLAST hits had E-values of 0 meaning there is essentially a zero chance to find a score as good.

...nism and is found to be critical to scientific research into the evolution of photosynthetic organisms. [http://genome.jgi-psf.org/chlau/chlau.home.html] ...00px|thumb|right|Cellular structure of ''Chloroflexus aurantiacus''. Photo by Sylvia Herter.[http://genome.jgi-psf.org/chlau/chlau.home.html]]]

...-containing taxa. Thetree was based on a comparison of sequences that were at least 90 % complete (with regard to E. coli sequence). Bar, 10·0 % sequenc ...n acidic sandy loam Cambisol soil in a protected habitat in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil (Von der Weid, 2006).

...table sugars in the world are the cell walls in higher plants, utilization of such a vast resource for energy production would reduce the dependency on n ...ported in ''C. cellulovorans''. ''C. cellulovorans'' contains large number of genes encoding non-cellulosomal enzymes which are more associated with poly

...oxide, a powerful greenhouse gas. Earthworms may account for more than 50% of the total nitrous oxide emitted form a soil they inhabit. ...e:Flavobacteriumtree.png|500px|thumb|left|Figure 2. Phylogenetic positions of ''flavobacterium dentitrificans'' is indicated here. ]]

...own to be resistant to environments with up to 1200 µg/mL of Cu, surviving by using phosphates to sequester the metal [3]. ...9 bp, 273,136 bp and 51,398 bp in size [8]. The 12 J strand also consists of two circular chromosomes 3,942,557 bp and 1,302,228 bp in size; but has on

...adrum.jpeg|frame|Hyphae from ''Pythium oligandrum'' mycoparasitisng hyphae of ''Phytophthora infestans'']] ...ter (8). Interestingly, ''P. oligandrum'' can curb the pathogenic effects of parasitic oomycetes such as ''Phytophthora infestans''.

...-services.bmb.psu.edu/bryant/lab/Project/Chloroflexi/index.html Penn State University]]] ...ii'' has no flagella and show signs of gliding motility. An unusual aspect of this organism is that it lacks chlorosomes, which can usually be found in r

...pture of aortic aneurysm, ear infections[1], bacteraemia, rare occurrences of skin and soft tissue infections [8], bone and joint infections, and many ot ...wrongly to <i>Shewanella putrefaciens</i>. There has been a rising number of disease cases attributed to <i>S. algae</i> in the last decade, thanks to c

...microns long and have tufts of polar flagella that provide a small amount of motility (Ferry et. al. 1974). ...has a temperature range of 30-37&deg; Celsius (mesophilic) and a pH range of 6.6-7.4 (Ferry et. al. 1974).

...e Maps|Haliangium ochraceum was isolated from seaweed samples on the shore of Kanagawa, Japan.'']] H. ochraceum is the first myxobacterium of its kind to be found in the ocean; it is the first halophilic myxobacterium

[[Image:chlorobium.jpg|thumb|1000px|FIGURE 1. Typical shape and morphology of a bacteria in the genus ''Chlorobium'' (7).]] ...) and other members of the green sulfur bacteria phylum as well as members of the ''Cytophaga/Flavobacterium/Bacteroides'' phylum (1).]]

...nose isomerase (coverts mannose to its 2 epimer glucose) causes a build up of mannose 6-phosphate and subsequent death (Rager et al). ...it thrives best in warm and wet climates, it can survive in a wide variety of habitats including water, soil, cold blooded animals, and warm blooded anim

...or transcription, replication, and virion assembly, completely independent of the amoebae host's nucleus. [[Image: Sputnik Genome.jpg‎|thumb|250px|right|Figure 1. Diagram of the Sputnik Virophage genome [http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/

...90930/ Evolutionary relationship of <em>P. stutzeri </em> to other members of Family Pseudomonadaceae]]] ...em> can be found. In soil, the organism has been found in the rhizosphere of cordgrass and other commonly grown plants including wheat, barley, and rice

...b|300px|A photomicrograph of ''F. hibernum'' grown on nutrient-poor medium at 20C for 24hr (McCammon ''et al.'', 1998).]] ...ticTree.gif‎|thumb|left|300px|This chart displays the evolutionary biology of ''F. hibernum'' (McCammon ''et al.'', 1998).]]

...jpg|frame|right| A Cryptomonas ovata phytoplankter from a sample collected at Lake Toolik (Alaska, USA). From [http://starcentral.mbl.edu/msr/rawdata/vie ...niches within the water column, which lends evidence to solve the "paradox of the plankton".