Microbes identification

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Alpha-proteobacteria (class)

  • Caulobacter

  • Pelagibacter (SAR11)

  • Rhizobium

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Caulobacter (genus)

  • pleomorphic

  • Proteobacteria (phylum)

  • Alpha-proteobacteria (class)

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Pelagibacter (SAR11)

  • Most abundant on Earth (marine)

  • Alpha-proteobacteria (class)

  • proteobacteria (phylum)

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Rhizobium

  • N-fixer in plant roots

  • Alpha-proteobacteria (class)

  • proteobacteria (phylum)

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Bdellovibrio

  • Predates on other gram-

  • Delta-proteobacteria (class)

  • proteobacteria (phylum)

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Gamma-proteobacteria

  • Enterobacteria (ex. E.coli)

  • Acinetobacter

  • Neisseria

  • Vibrio

  • Pseudomonas

  • Nitrosomonas

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  • Enterobacteria (ex. E.coli)

  • Acinetobacter

  • Neisseria

  • Vibrio

  • Pseudomonas

  • microbiome or pathogens

  • gamma-proteobacteria (class)

  • proteobacteria (phylum)

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Nitrosomonas

  • Nitrifier (nitrification)

  • gamma-proteobacteria (class)

  • proteobacteria (phylum)

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Gram - (other)

  • Deinococcus

  • Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma

  • Chlamydia

  • Treponema, Borrelia, Spirochaeta

  • Cyanobacteria (phylum)

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Deinococcus

  • Resists radioactivity

  • Gram -

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Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma

  • lack cell wall; pathogens

  • Gram -

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Chlamydia

  • Intracellular pathogens

  • Gram -

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Treponema, Borrelia, Spirochaeta

  • Periplasmic flagella; pathogens

  • Gram -

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Cyanobacteria (phylum)

  • photosynthetic

  • Gram -

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Gram +

  • Clostridium

  • Staphylococcus

  • Bacillus anthracis

  • Streptococcus pyogenes

  • Streptomyces

  • Mycobacterium

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  • Clostridium

  • Staphylococcus

  • Bacillus anthracis

  • Streptococcus pyogenes

  • Firmicutes (phylum)

  • Low GC

  • Gram +

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Streptomyces

  • form hyphae

  • Actinobacteria (phylum)

  • High GC

  • Gram +

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Mycobacterium

  • Mycolic acids in OM

  • Actinobacteria (phylum)

  • High GC

  • Gram +

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Archaea

  • Ignicoccus hospitalis (species)

  • Pyrodictium (genus)

  • Nitrosopomilus maritimum (species)

  • Methanogens

  • Haloarchaea (class)

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Ignicoccus hospitalis (species)

  • Lives in hydrothermal vents (mostly associated with only known parasitic archaean - nanoarchaeum equitans)

  • Crenarchaeota (phylum)

  • Thermo- and hyperthermophiles

  • Archaea

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Pyrodictium

  • can survive autoclave

  • Crenarchaeota (phylum)

  • Thermo- and hyperthermophiles

  • Archaea

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Nitrosopomilus maritimum (species)

  • Widespread marine ammonia oxidizer

  • Thaumarchaetoa (phylum)

  • Archaea

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Methanogens and haloarchaea

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Methanogens

  • can do methanogenesis

  • Euryarchaeota (phylum)

  • Archaea

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Haloarchaea (class)

  • High salinity environments

  • Eukyarchaeota (phylum)

  • Archaea