Microbial group

Group characteristics
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description and significance
genomic information if known
cell structure and metabolism
ecology
phylogeny

Individual species or genera and their characteristics (one per group member)
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habitat
growth conditions (if known)

References

Proteobacteria
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 “Purple Bacteria”

•Include wide variety of pathogens, such as Escherichia, Salmonella,

Vibrio
•All gram negative with an outer membrane mainly composed of
lipolysaccharides
•Many move using flagella but some are non-motile
•Most members are facultative or obligatory anaerobic and
heterotrophic, but there are many exceptions
•A very large and metabolically diverse phylum

Structure and Metabolism

 Membrane system infolded from cytoplasm membrane

 Sulfur granules deposited inside (Chromatium) or outside of cell
(Ectothiorhodospira)
 May have gas vesicles, flagella, or gliding
 May have stalks or appendages
 Prokaryotic cell structure

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 Ecology and Phylogeny

 Photosynthesis is generally facultative

 Uses H2 S as electron donor
 Habitats where H2 S is available
 Extreme environments can reduce competition

 Found within Domain Bacteria

 Contains five subgroups (alpha-, beta-,
delta-, gamma-, and epsilon-)

Alphaproteobacteria

 Comprise most photosynthetic genera, symbionts of plants (rhizobia), and

group of dangerous pathogens, the Rickettsiaceae
 Found in mud and water of lakes and ponds with abundant organic matter and
low sulfide levels
 Flexible in choice of energy source; normally they are grown anaerobically as
photoorganoheterotroph, but they can grow aerobically

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 Betaproteobacteria

 Consists of several groups of aerobic or facultative bacteria

 Contains chemolithotrophs and phototrophs genera
 Thrives in environmental samples such as fresh water to
waste water or soil
 Familiar pathogenic species include Neisseriaceae and
Burkholderia

Gammaproteobacteria

 Largest of the subgroups of Proteobaterica.

 Several medically and scientifically important groups of bacteria such as
Enterobacteria, Vibrionaceae and Pseudomonadaecea.
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 Deltaproteobacteria

 Predominantly aerobic genera, the fruit-body-forming myxobacteria, and strictly

anaerobic genera, which contains most of the known sulfate and sulfur
reducing bacteria
 Important in sulfur cycling
 Thrive in muds, polluted lake sediment, and methane digesters
 Prey on other gram negative bacteria
 Negative impact on industry because they cause corrosion of iron in pipelines

Epsilonproteobacteria
 This is the smallest and a more recently recognized line of descent within the
Proteobacteria
 Key representatives are the genera Campylobacter and Helicobacter
 Most of the species are microaerophilic, chemoorganotrophic nonsaccharolytic spiral-
shaped or curved bacteria.
 They are typically motile with a corkscrew-like motion by means of polar flagella.
 They obtain their energy mainly from amino acids or tricarboxylic acid cycle
intermediates.

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 References

 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteobacteria
 www.earthlife.net/prokaryotes/proteo.html
 www.life.umd.edu/labs/delwiche/PSlife/lectures/Proteo.html