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[[File:alcanivorax bork.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Alcanivorax borkumensis [1F] ]]
[[File:alcanivorax bork.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Alcanivorax borkumensis [1F] ]]


Zoogloea can be found free-living in fresh waters that have been organically polluted. It can also grow in waste-water treatment at all levels. Zoogloea are aerobic, chemoorganotrophic. For energy they use oxidative metabolism. Zoogloea has been studied as a pure culture.
Zoogloea can be found free-living in fresh waters that have been organically polluted. It can also grow in waste-water treatment at all levels. Zoogloea are aerobic, chemoorganotrophic. For energy they use oxidative metabolism. Zoogloea has been studied as a pure culture.

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Classification

Domain: Bactria Phylum: Proteobacteria Class: Betaproteobacteria Order: Rhodocycales Genus: Zoogloea Species: Ramigera

Description

Alcanivorax borkumensis [1F]

Zoogloea can be found free-living in fresh waters that have been organically polluted. It can also grow in waste-water treatment at all levels. Zoogloea are aerobic, chemoorganotrophic. For energy they use oxidative metabolism. Zoogloea has been studied as a pure culture.

Ecology and Significance

Genome Structure

G/C is roughly 64.5%

Metabolism

References

[1] Golyshin, Peter N. “Genome Sequence Completed of Alcanivorax borkumensis, a Hydrocarbon-degrading Bacterium That Plays a Global Role in Oil Removal from Marine Systems.” 3 (2003): 215-20. Print.

Figures

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[1] [2F] [2] [3F] [3] [4F] [4] [5F] [Original Figure. Author: Pawan Dhaliwal] [6F] 

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Author

Page authored by _____, student of Prof. Katherine Mcmahon at University of Wisconsin - Madison.

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