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==Description and significance==
==Description and significance==
Describe the disease caused by your organism if it is a pathogen, or the natural macroscopic "field guide" appearence and habitat of your organism if it is not.  What is or has been the impact your organism on human history or our environment?. How does it do this? How have we harnessed this power, or tried to prevent it?
Describe the disease caused by this organism if it is a pathogen, or the natural macroscopic "field guide" appearance and habitat of your organism if it is not.  What is or has been the impact your organism on human history or our environment?. How does it do this? How have we harnessed this power, or tried to prevent it?


==Genome structure==
==Genome structure==

Revision as of 02:04, 16 August 2007

A Microbial Biorealm page on the genus Genus brown

Classification

Higher order taxa

Domain; Phylum; Class; Order; family [Others may be used. Use NCBI link to find]

Species

NCBI: Taxonomy

Genus species

Description and significance

Describe the disease caused by this organism if it is a pathogen, or the natural macroscopic "field guide" appearance and habitat of your organism if it is not. What is or has been the impact your organism on human history or our environment?. How does it do this? How have we harnessed this power, or tried to prevent it?

Genome structure

Describe the size and content of the genome. How many chromosomes? Circular or linear? Other interesting features? What is known about its sequence?


Cell structure and metabolism

Provide a description of the organism. What kind of organism is it, what does it look like, what are its general properties, who is it related to, how can it be identified, what is it's life cycle, &c.

Ecology

Habitat; symbiosis; contributions to environment.

Pathology

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.