Biotechnology


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188

“Candidatus Finniella” (Rickettsiales, Alphaproteobacteria), Novel Endosymbionts of Viridiraptorid Amoeboflagellates (Cercozoa, Rhizaria)

Citation
Hess et al. (2016). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 82 (2)
Names
“Finniella inopinata” “Finniella lucida” “Finniella” “Parafinniella”
Abstract
ABSTRACT The Rickettsiales ( Alphaproteobacteria ) are obligate intracellular bacteria that colonize a wide range of eukaryotic hosts, including diverse metazoa and protists. Here, we characterize rickettsial endosymbionts discovered in the cytoplasm of the algivorous amoeboflagellates Viridiraptor invadens and Orciraptor agilis (Viridiraptoridae, Cercozoa, Rhizaria), supplying

Infection Density Dynamics of the Citrus Greening Bacterium “Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus” in Field Populations of the Psyllid Diaphorina citri and Its Relevance to the Efficiency of Pathogen Transmission to Citrus Plants

Citation
Ukuda-Hosokawa et al. (2015). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81 (11)
Names
Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus
Abstract
ABSTRACT Huanglongbing, or citrus greening, is a devastating disease of citrus plants recently spreading worldwide, which is caused by an uncultivable bacterial pathogen, “ Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus,” and vectored by a phloem-sucking insect, Diaphorina citri . We investigated the infection density dynamics of “ Ca . Liberibacter asiaticus” in field populations of D. citri

Metatranscriptomic Analysis of Diminutive Thiomargarita-Like Bacteria (“Candidatus Thiopilula” spp.) from Abyssal Cold Seeps of the Barbados Accretionary Prism

Citation
Jones et al. (2015). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81 (9)
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Ca. Thiophysa Ca. Thiopilula
Abstract
ABSTRACT Large sulfur-oxidizing bacteria in the family Beggiatoaceae are important players in the global sulfur cycle. This group contains members of the well-known genera Beggiatoa , Thioploca , and Thiomargarita but also recently identified and relatively unknown candidate taxa, including “ Candidatus Thiopilula” spp. and “ Ca .

XoxF-Type Methanol Dehydrogenase from the Anaerobic Methanotroph “Candidatus Methylomirabilis oxyfera”

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Wu et al. (2015). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81 (4)
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Methylomirabilis oxygeniifera Ts
Abstract
ABSTRACT “ Candidatus Methylomirabilis oxyfera” is a newly discovered anaerobic methanotroph that, surprisingly, oxidizes methane through an aerobic methane oxidation pathway. The second step in this aerobic pathway is the oxidation of methanol. In Gram-negative bacteria, the reaction is catalyzed by pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ)-dependent methanol dehydrogenase (MDH). The genome of “ Ca . Methylomirabilis oxyfera” putativel

New Mode of Energy Metabolism in the Seventh Order of Methanogens as Revealed by Comparative Genome Analysis of “Candidatus Methanoplasma termitum”

Citation
Lang et al. (2015). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81 (4)
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Methanoplasma termitum Ts Methanoplasma
Abstract
ABSTRACT The recently discovered seventh order of methanogens, the Methanomassiliicoccales (previously referred to as “ Methanoplasmatales ”), so far consists exclusively of obligately hydrogen-dependent methylotrophs. We sequenced the complete genome of “ Candidatus Methanoplasma termitum” from a highly enriched culture obtained from the intestinal tract of termites and compared it with the previously

“Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus” Prophage Late Genes May Limit Host Range and Culturability

Citation
Fleites et al. (2014). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80 (19)
Names
Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus
Abstract
ABSTRACT “ Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus” is an uncultured alphaproteobacterium that systemically colonizes its insect host both inter- and intracellularly and also causes a severe, crop-destroying disease of citrus called huanglongbing, or citrus “greening.” In planta , “ Ca . Liberibacter asiaticus” is also systemic but phloem limited. “ Ca . Liberibacter asiaticus” strain

Autotrophic Carbon Dioxide Fixation via the Calvin-Benson-Bassham Cycle by the Denitrifying Methanotroph “Candidatus Methylomirabilis oxyfera”

Citation
Rasigraf et al. (2014). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80 (8)
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Methylomirabilis oxygeniifera Ts
Abstract
ABSTRACT Methane is an important greenhouse gas and the most abundant hydrocarbon in the Earth's atmosphere. Methanotrophic microorganisms can use methane as their sole energy source and play a crucial role in the mitigation of methane emissions in the environment. “ Candidatus Methylomirabilis oxyfera” is a recently described intra-aerobic methanotroph that is assumed to use nitric oxide to generate internal oxygen to oxidize methane via the conven