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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SPHINGOMONAS ABACI

Class:	Alpha Proteobacteria
Genus:	Sphingomonas
Species:	Sphingomonas abaci
Description:	Cells are Gram-negative(by staining and in the KOH test),non-spore-forming rods with rounded poles and are 0.4-0.5*1.5-3.0 micrometer in size. Cells occur singlyor in pairs.Oxidase-negative and catalase-positive;gowth occurs under aerobic and microerobic condition but not under anerobic condition.No motility is observed under the light microscope.
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Source:	Isolated in the Medical Clinic for Small Animals and Ungulates at the University for Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria.
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Genbank:	AJ575817.1(16S rRNA gene, strain C42) [Genome] [Nucleotide]
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Reference:	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2005 Nov;55(Pt 6):2565-9."Description of two novel species, Sphingomonas abaci sp. nov. and Sphingomonas panni sp. nov."Busse HJ1, Hauser E, Kämpfer P.
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Database of Biochemical Tests of Proteobacteria

A Taxonomic resource of the second largest group of bacteria

Alpha Proteobacteria

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SPHINGOMONAS ABACI