A Database of Biochemical Test of Proteobacteria

Alpha Proteobacteria

The first class of Proteobacteria is the Alphaproteobacteria. The unifying characteristic of this class is that they are oligotrophs, organisms capable of living in low-nutrient environments such as deep oceanic sediments, glacial ice, or deep undersurface soil.

Among the Alphaproteobacteria are two taxa, chlamydias and rickettsias, that are obligate intracellular pathogens, meaning that part of their life cycle must occur inside other cells called host cells. When not growing inside a host cell, Chlamydia and Rickettsia are metabolically inactive outside of the host cell. They cannot synthesize their own adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and, therefore, rely on cells for their energy needs.

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LABRYS METHYLAMINIPHILUS

Class:	Alpha Proteobacteria
Genus:	Labrys
Species:	Labrys methylaminiphilus
Description:	Labrys methylaminiphilus,a novel facultatively methylotrophic bacterium from a freshwater lake sediment.Cells are Gram-negative, non-motile, non-spore-forming,capsulated, multiply by budding and are oxidase- and catalase-positive. Growth is aerobic but may be micro-aerophilic. Grows on methylamine, dimethylamine and trimethylamine as sole sources of energy and carbon.
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Source:	Isolated from the sediment of Lake Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Genbank:	AB236172.(16S rRNA gene) [Genome] [Nucleotide]
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Reference:	MILLER (J.A.), KALYUZHNAYA (M.G.), NOYES (E.), LARA (J.C.), LIDSTROM (M.E.) and CHISTOSERDOVA (L.): Labrys methylaminiphilus sp. nov., a novel facultatively methylotrophic bacterium from a freshwater lake sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1247-1253.
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Database of Biochemical Tests of Proteobacteria

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LABRYS METHYLAMINIPHILUS