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ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Aliivibrio |
| Species: | Aliivibrio fischeri |
| Description: | Aliivibrio fischeri is a gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium.Free-living A. fischeri cells survive on decaying organic matter. The bacterium is a key research organism for examination of microbial bioluminescence, quorum sensing, and bacterial-animal symbiosis.It is named after Bernhard Fischer, a German microbiologist. |
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| Source: | found globally in marine environments.A. fischeri has bioluminescent properties, and is found predominantly in symbiosis with various marine animals, such as the bobtail squid. It is heterotrophic and moves by means of flagella. |
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| Genbank: | NC_006840.2 [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
| Size (Mb): | 2.9 |
| GC %: | 39 |
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| Reference: | Madigan M, Martinko J (editors) (2005). Brock Biology of Microorganisms (11th ed.). Prentice Hall.Holt JG (editor) (1994).,,Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (9th ed.). Williams & Wilkins.,,George M. Garrity: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria |
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