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Emily Mantilla Bench B 31/08/2016

Classification

Higher order taxa

Prokaryote – Bacteria – Firmicutes – Negativicutes – Veillonellales – Veillonellaceae – Veillonella

Species

Veillonella parvula

• Strain:Veillonella parvula DSM 2008

Description and significance

Give a general description of the species (e.g. where/when was it first discovered, where is it commonly found, has it been cultured, functional role, type of bacterium [Gram+/-], morphology, etc.) and explain why it is important to study this microorganism. Examples of citations ^[1], ^[2]

Genome structure

Select a strain for which genome information (e.g. size, plasmids, distinct genes, etc.) is available.

Cell structure and metabolism

Cell wall, biofilm formation, motility, metabolic functions.

Ecology

Aerobe/anaerobe, habitat (location in the oral cavity, potential other environments) and microbe/host interactions.

Pathology

Do these microorganisms cause disease in the oral cavity or elsewhere?

Application to biotechnology

Bioengineering, biotechnologically relevant enzyme/compound production, drug targets,…

Current research

Summarise some of the most recent discoveries regarding this species.

References

References examples

1. Mashima, I., Theodorea, C.F., Thaweboon, B., Thweboon, S., Nakazawa, F., (2016) Identification of ‘’Veillonella’’ Species in the Tongue Biofilm bu using a Novel One-Step Polymerase Chain Reaction Methods. PlOs one ‘’’11’’’(6): e0157516.

2. Human Oral Microbiome

This page is written by Emily Mantilla for the MICR3004 course, Semester 2, 2016