Proteobacteria - People Server at UNCW

Prokaryotic Diversity
18 Phyla?
80 Phyla – uncultured
Aquiflex – most phylogenetic ancient
Thermophiles – ancient?
Fig. 15-1
Deferribacter
Cytophaga
Flavobacteria
Spirochetes
Planctomyces/
Pirellula
Verrucomicrobia
Green sulfur
bacteria
Deinococci
Green nonsulfur
bacteria
Chlamydia
Cyanobacteria
Thermotoga
Actinobacteria
Gram-positive
bacteria
Thermodesulfobacterium
Nitrospira
Aquifex
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



Proteobacteria
Proteobacteria
Largest and most metabolically diverse
Purple Sulfur Bacteria
Use Hydrogen sulfide
α, β, γ subdivisions
Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria
Photoheterotrophy
Aerobic respiration
Nitrifying bacteria
Chemolithotrophs
Nitrosomonas, Nitrobacter
Sulfur Oxidizing Bacteria
Thiobacillus, Beggiatoa
Sulfuric acid produced
Methanotrophs
Anaerobic Archaea –not bacteria
Aerobic Chemoorganotrophs
Pseudomonas and pseudomonads
Pseudomonads
Common genera: Pseudomonas, Xanthomonas,
Burkholderia, Gluconobacter
Metabolically diverse -100 substrates
Plant and human pathogens
Fluorescent - burn patients
Burkholderia - ganders
Xanthomonas – soft root vegetables
Zymomonas
Ferments
Alcohol production in the tropic
Acetic Acid Bacteria
Acetobacter, Gluconobacter
Alcohol → Acetic acid and Cellulose?
Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria
Azotobacter, Beijerinckia
Nitrogenase is oxygen sensitive
Cysts, capsule, and poly-β-hydroxybuytrate
Neisseria and Relatives
Neisseria, Acinetobacter,
Chromobacterium, Moraxella
Some human pathogens
Most oxidase positive
Enteric Bacteria
Escherichia, Salmonella, Proteus, Enterobacter
Facultative anaerobes, peritrichous flagella,
Gut flora, human pathogens
Escherichia
Universal inhabitant of warm blooded animals
Vitamin synthesis
Rarely pathogenic
Salmonella and Shigella
Usually pathogenic
Salmonella found in some cold blood
animals
Proteus
swarming
Butandiol fermenters
Enterobacter, Klebsiella, Serratia
Vibrio and Photobacterium
Oxidase positive
Polar flagella
Fermentative
Aquatic
Bioluminescent
Rickettsia
Small intracellular parasites
Human diseases
Arthropod vectors
Morphologically Unusual Proteobacteria
Spirillum, Budding Bacteria, Sphaerotilus, Bdellovibrio
Gliding Myxobacteria
Form multicellular fruiting bodies
Glide with slime trails
Sulfate Reducing Bacteria
40 genera
Anaerobes
Anaerobic respiration
Desulfovibrio
Epsilonproteobacteria
Human Pathogens
Campylobacter, Helicobacter
Abundant in the environment
Hydrothermal vents
Epibionts of tube worm and shrimp
Word List
Aquiflexus
18-80 phyla
Proteobacteria
Purple sulfur bacteria
Purple non-sulfur
bacteria
Nitrifying bacteria
Sulfur oxidizing bacteria
Methanotrophs
Pseudomonads
Pseudomonas
Fluorescent
Xanthomonas
Zymomonas
Acetic acid bacteria
Nitrogen fixing bacteria
Azotobacter
Beijerinckia
Neisseria
Enteric
Escherichia
Salmonella
Shigella
Proteus
Vibrio
Rickettsia
Word list 2
Sphaerotilus
Bdellovibrio
Myxobacteria
Desulfovibrio
Epsilonproteobacteria
Epibionts