Zobellia laminariae
Classification
Higher Order Taxa
Domain: Bacteria
Super Phylum: Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi
Phylum: Bacteroidetes
Class: Flavobacteriia
Order: Flavobacteriales
Family: Flavobacteriaceae
Genus: Zobellia
Species: laminariae
Strains: KMM. 3676T,Vancanneyt R-18982, R-18982, CIP 108563, LMG 22070, CCUG 47083
Taxonomy
Description
Genetic Characteristics
The G+C content of the DNA is 36-37 mol%.
Morphological Characteristics
Cells range from 0.4 to 0.5 mm in width and from 1.2 to 1.4 mm in length. They are gram-negative agarolytic bacteria with gliding motility that produce flexirubin-type pigments.
Environmental Characteristics
The bacteria live in sea water on brown algae called Laminaria japonica.
Host
Metabolism
They are heterotrophic meaning they require complex organic compounds of nitrogen and carbon for metabolic synthesis.
Metabolite Products
Antibiotic Caracteristics
Current Research
describe one or two topics of research on this microbe
References
[Nedashkovskaya, O.I., Suzuki, M., Vancanneyt, M., Cleenwerck, I., Lysenko, A.M., Mikhailov, V.V., and Swings, J. "Zobellia amurskyensis sp. nov., Zobellia laminariae sp. nov. and Zobellia russellii sp. nov., novel marine bacteria of the family Flavobacteriaceae." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2004) 54:1643-1648. Published online 5 March 2004: DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.63091-0]
Edited by (Sabin Gilman), student of Rachel Larsen at the University of Southern Maine