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[[Image:m ferrooxydans.jpeg|thumb|310px|right|''M. ferrooxydans viewed by TEM.'']] ...errooxydans</i> is a marine iron-oxidizing bacteria and is the sole member of the Zetaproteobacteria class. <i>M. ferrooxydans</i> are a C-shaped, motile

...|thumb|alt=A large clock tower and other buildings line a great river.|TEM of ''D. alkaliarsenatis'']] ...aters substantially more safe. Because Searles lake contains high amounts of borate, this hinders the dissimilatory sulfate reduction pathway, making di

[[File:phylo.png|200px|thumb|right|Phylogenetic placement of Desulfomonile tiedjei (Häggblom, Knight, and Kerkhof, 1998.)]] ...ends and form a collar due to invagination of the cell wall. The function of the collar is for binary fission. This bacteria, is gram negative and escu

[[Image:Pyrite.jpg |thumb|left|alt=alt text|Percent pyrite removal by <i>M. sedula</i>(black) and control (white). Clark et. al.]] ...edula</i> is a highly thermoacidophilic Achaean that is unusually tolerant of heavy metals[1]. <br><br>

...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]

...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.

...de range of salinity. It can grow anywhere from 6-30% NaCl with an optimum of an astounding 27% (2). The archaeon utilizes only a limited range of substrates such as glucose, xylose, and fructose, for growth, and is unique

[[File:N thermophilus2.png|400px|thumb|right|Phylogenetic tree of N. thermophilus]] [[File:NThermophilus.jpeg|200px|thumb|right|Electron microscopy of ''N. thermophilus'']]

...: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]

...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]]]

...e and its main metabolic process is reduction of Fe(III) and decomposition of organic material. ...ence of this strain is less than 94% similar to sequences of other members of Geobacteraceae. Therefore ''Geothermobacter ehrlichii'' represents a new g

...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

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

...-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

[[Category:Pages edited by students at Michigan State University]] ...to find efficient control methods, knowledge of the physiology and ecology of the bacteria is important.

...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''.

...reproduce by a unique way of budding, and its lack of a cell wall composed of peptidoglycan. ...vered thus far. The DNA does not contain chromosomes, but a circular piece of DNA that is characteristic to most all prokaryotes.

...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

...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

...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).

...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

...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).]]

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

...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

[[File:treeoflife.jpg|400px|thumb|right|''Tree of Life'']] [[File:toluene.png|130px|thumb|right|Chemical structure of toluene]]

...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/

...niches within the water column, which lends evidence to solve the "paradox of the plankton". ...From [http://tolweb.org/Public/treeImages/Cryptomonas.png?x=440164009 Tree of Life Web Project]]]

...artments larger.jpg|thumb|275 × 275 px|right| Figure 1.A schematic diagram of compartments in E. coli. From Pugsley 57 (1) 50 1993 Microbiology and Mole ...s aided by targeting the proteins to particular cell locations and studies of bacterial toxin secretion may lead to novel therapeutic agents.

...200px|thumb|right|Phylogenetic tree by anaylsis of 16S rRNA gene sequences by [http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/53/4/1093 Bozal et al.]]] ...ing these lakes and their microbes, we can better understand the evolution of microbe metabolism over time. [http://www.springerlink.com/content/yk83h067

...pear, or dumbbell shaped cells with aging; polar lipoid bodies on each end of the cell. These bacteria are extremely acid tolerant and have been shown t ...atmosphere. The pigments it secretes may be important in the stimulation of other microbes in the surrounding environment.

...hatis_FISH.JPG|400px|right|frame| Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridization image of ‘‘A. phosphatis’’ (Blackall, 2002).]] ...atment methods (Blackall, 2002). ''A. phosphatis'' has been found in 4-18% of plants treating domestic sewage (Fukushima, 2007).

...aken by J.D. Janse, Plant Protection Service, Bugwood.org. Advanced stages of ''C. michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus'' infection in potato plant. ]] ...tory, Harpenden Archive, British Crown, Bugwood.org. Potato tuber infected by ''C. michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus.'' Note dark discoloration and cream

...b|600px|right|'' Phase-contrast photomicrograph showing the common pairing of Acetobacterium woodii. (Balch, W. E., et al., 1977)]] ...studies proved that carbon dioxide can be used for the complete synthesis of acetate in bacteria.

...-field micrograph containing intracellular sulfur globules. Photo provided by Hans G. Trüper Bonn (click to enlarge). Source: [http://genome.jgi-psf.org ...h its biocatalytic properties, along with contributing to the continuation of the global sulfur cycle [4] <!--[Borkenstein and Fischer, 2006]-->.

...nker Exxon Valdez grounded on Bligh Reef which released 11 million gallons of crude oil into the water. This oil-contaminated seawater is the preferred h ...peratures in the range of 20-30 degrees celsius, and a NaCl concentration of 3-10%.

...ilus</i>.[3] The use of the plasmids from <i>B. pumilus</i> and insertion of other plasmids to the bacteria aide in various industries, and as antimicro ...<i>B. pumilus</i> plasmids.[5] Assimilation of plasmids is useful because of the potential to be used in gene transfer systems. When taking up a plasmi

[[Category:Pages edited by students at Michigan State University]] ...e:10306957_10152185468794475_448335891_a.jpg|180px|right|Microscopic image of M. frigidum]]

...age:sporomusaaaaas.png|600px|thumb|right|Transmission electron micrographs of a negatively-stained ''Sporomusa silvacetica''[3].‎]] ...spore-bearing banana,” which describes the slightly curvy rod shaped cells of bacteria belonging to this particular genus.

...st conditions.. Source: [http://www.apsnet.org/publications/apsnetfeatures/Pages/PotatoLateBlightPlantDiseasesComponents.aspx]]] ...nd β-glucans and lack chitin (3). <i>P. infestans </i> is the causal agent of late blight in potatoes, lead to the Great Irish Famine in the mid nineteen

...gure 1. ''Meiothermus silvanus''. Image from Mark Kolari at the University of Helsinki [http://www.biocenter.helsinki.fi/groups/salkinoja/page4.htm]]] ...slime" found in paper machines''. Image from Mark Kolari at the University of Helsinki [http://www.biocenter.helsinki.fi/groups/salkinoja/page4.htm]]]

...eudomycelia formed under carbon-limited continuous culture. (Credit: Photo by Thomas Kuster, USDA, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory)" Image and ...oduction may cause deviation from the usual spherical or ellipsoidal shape of an individual. Under study it has been noted ''P. stipitis'' exhibits a cre

[[File:Pics of fluor.JPG|thumb|text-top|300x300px|''Pseudomonas chlororaphis'' emitting fl ...and monas (Applied, 2002). The term "monad" was used in the early history of microbiology to denote single-celled organisms (Applied, 2002).

The family Ectothiorhodospiraceae is composed mainly of halophilic and haloalkaliphilic bacteria. This family was originally create ...arine carbon cycle as it fixes inorganic carbon which can then be utilized by herterotrophs.

...to the left is an increased magnification to show the cell wall structure of ''Pelobacter Propionicus.'' (Schink B. , 1984)]] ...d how it generates energy by producing an electrical current with the help of bacterial organisms. (Fuel Cell That uses Bacteria To Generate Electricity,

...ohn L. Reichelt, Director and Chief Microbiologist, bacferm.com. SEM image of ''Lacotbacillus plantarum''.http://www.bacferm.com.au/silac/micro/micro.htm ...This tree shows the phylogenetic relationship of ''L. plantarum'' to a set of Lactic Acid Bacteria.[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_

...braunii.gif|frame|right|''Botryococcus braunii'' displaying cell structure of an individual. From an article in [http://ec.asm.org/content/11/12/1424.ful ...organism. The outer layer of cells in the community contains a high number of chloroplasts. ''B. braunii'' blooms tend to be toxic to other microbes, pla

...rearrangements than chromosome 1, in which there is a higher conservation of gene order. Although differing in size, chromosomes 1 and 2 have similar G The genome of ''V. splendidus'' also contains 4498 predicted open reading frames, with 29

...thumb|left|''Thiocapsa roseopersicina'' and other sulfur bacteria as drawn by Winogradsky [http://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/water-science/4511_14 ''Thiocapsa roseopersicina'' was discovered by Sergei Winogradsky in the 1880s when he was studying sulfur bacteria.

...and is named in reference to copper, <i>cuprina</i>, due to the extraction of copper from ores near the hotspring. [[#References|[1]]]<br> .... <i>M. cuprina</i> grows best at 65°C, and pH 3.5, but can grow in ranges of 0-1% (w/v) NaCl, 55-75° C, and pH 2.5-5.5. [[#References|[1]]]<br>

[[Image:Ferroplasma_acidiphilum_1.jpg|thumbnail|200px|Figure 1. Image of Ferroplasma acidiphilum. Source: [http://www.icp.csic.es/bec/NOTICIAS.html ...have been isolated since its discovery (Y^T, Y-2 etc). Majority of the information on this page are for the strain Y^T unless otherw

...ed by spiny sheath (left), and bead-like chains (right). Image is Courtesy of Dow AgroSciences]] ...t strains of <i>S. spinosa</i> that have distinct characteristics. Strains of <i>S. spinosa</i> are convoluted in scientific literature, but a few includ

{{Uncurated}} [[Image:Fusarium1.jpg|thumb|A culture of ''F. oxysporum'' displays it's purple pigmentation [2]]] [[Image:Fusarium2.jpg|thumb|center|500px|This graphic represents the location of ''F. oxysporum'' within the "3 Kingdom" model. It is a Fungi, which is in t

...lymyxaOSY-DF.gif‎|thumbnail|Figure 1. Scanning electron microscope picture of ''Paenibacillus polymyxa'' OSY-DF. Source: [http://aem.asm.org/content/73/1 ...plant and human microorganisms [4]. It can also help plants in absorption of phosphorus and enhance soil porosity [5]. This microbe has a role in ecosys

...Image [http://www.nps.gov/romo/naturescience/nostoc_muscorum.htm courtesy of Burks and Schneegurt]]] Domain: Bacteria<br> ...er accumulation under 0.1% propionate supplemented conditions, and biomass of ''N. muscorum'' organisms. Image from: [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/

...e building materials and growth conditions that allow SBS and the toxicity of SBS species metabolites. ...substrates for resident microbiota. Researchers have analyzed the effects of temperature - even in subartic climates we can see fungal growth. Humidity

..., cats, and other animals. Transmission of the virus occurs from the bite of an infected arthropod (i.e. a mosquito)(7). ...Czech Republic in 1997, the Congo in 1998, and Israel in 2000 include more of the recent outbreaks(6).

...due to its pigment production. However,there was an increase in the number of pneumonia and urinary tract infections [1] reported in the region shortly a ...s hands and the altar [1]. This event was depicted by Raphael on the walls of the Vatican [19].

...2001. [[#References|[2]]] This strain of O157:H7 has been used in hundreds of scientific studies. ..., and even hazelnuts in shells, which suggests that EHEC is quite tolerant of drying.

...s marinus''. ''Rhodothermus marinus'' has also been found in other regions of the world including Portugal, Italy and Monserrat Island in the Caribbean S ...been found in deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean. The study of ''Rhodothermus marinus'' found in shallow-water hot springs in comparison t

[[Category:Pages edited by students of Anne Estes at Towson University]] ...a common habitat for "Paenibacillus alvei" (12). The honeybee gut has a pH of around 5.2 (18) and the temperature ranges from 34-37°C (17). Honeybees ea

...spheric Research (UCAR), ©1995-1999, 2000 The Regents of the University of Michigan,1994. Online. Available: http://www.windows.ucar.edu **]] [[Image:sargassumstretch.jpg|right|450px|thumb|'''''Sargassum''''' **Courtesy of NOAA, http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov**]]