BIOL 459 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Microaerophile, Enterococcus Faecium, Actinomyces

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Can grow w/ very low levels of. Fixes nitrogen in the roots of legume. Important in biotechnology inserts a plasmid into plant cells and induces tumor. Human pathogen carried by cats; catch- scratch disease phagocytosis. When looking at sequence/structure it is evident gammaproteobacteria may arise from betaproteobacteria. Metabolically diverse; polar flagella; common in soil. P. aeruginosa : wound and urinary tract infections. Baumanni i: respiratory pathogen and resistant to antibiotics. E. coli causes foodborne disease and urinary tract infections. Pathogen of domestic animals multocida transmitted to humans via. H. influenzae causes meningitis, ( nad, nadp ) earaches, and epiglottitis. Insertion of 14 nucleotides between position 180-190. Moves by gliding leaves slime trail. Cells aggregate and form a fruiting body containing myxospores. Cphila psittaci respiratory urethritis infective psittacosis. Found in abscesses in mouth tissue necrosis. Animal pathogen excreted in animal urine and can be transmitted to humans which becomes pathogenic.