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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METHYLOPILA MUSALIS

Class:	Alpha Proteobacteria
Genus:	Methylopila
Species:	Methylopila musalis
Description:	Methylopila musalis,an aerobic, facultatively methylotrophic bacterium isolated from banana fruit.Cells are Gram-stain-negative, strictly aerobic, non-sporulating, short rods (0.6–0.7×1.5–2.0µm), with round ends,motile by means of one or five flagella. Multiplies by binary fission. Colonies on medium ‘K’ agar with methanol (0.5 %,v/v) are white or pale pink, convex and circular with entire edges.
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Source:	An aerobic, facultatively methylotrophic bacterium isolated from banana fruit.
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Genbank:	JQ173144(16S rRNA gene) [Genome] [Nucleotide]
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Reference:	DORONINA (N.V.), KAPARULLINA (E.N.), BYKOVA (T.V.) and TROTSENKO (Y.A.): Methylopila musalis sp. nov., an aerobic, facultatively methylotrophic bacterium isolated from banana fruit. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 1847-1852.
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METHYLOPILA MUSALIS