Team:Bielefeld-CeBiTec/Notebook/Organisms

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Organisms


Scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli, grown in culture and adhered to a cover slip.


The strain KRX is used for all approaches. Coding sequences of this organism were used for different purposes:

  • frd - Fumarate reductase
  • Cytochromes

DomainBacteria
PhylumProteobacteria
ClassGammaproteobacteria
OrderEnterobacteriales
FamilyEnterobacteriaceae
GenusEscherichia
SpeciesE. coli

Scanning Electron Micrograph of Enterococcus faecalis


Coding sequences of this organism were used for the isobutanol production:

  • kivD - α-ketoisovalerate decarboxylase
  • adhA - Alcoholdehydrogenase

DomainBacteria
PhylumFirmicutes
ClassBacilli
OrderLactobacillales
FamilyStreptococcaceae
GenusLactococcus
SpeciesL. lactis
BioBricks created with this organism:BBa_K1465301
BBa_K1465302
BBa_K1465303
BBa_K1465304
BBa_K1465305
BBa_K1465306
BBa_K1465307

(A) Electron micrograph of Halothiobacillus neapolitanus cells, arrows highlight carboxysomes. (B) Image of intact carboxysomes isolated from H. neapolitanus. Scale bars indicate 100 nm.


Coding sequences of this organism were used for the carboxysome:

  • sap - shell associated protein
  • can - carbonic anhydrase
  • csoS1-4 - shell protein
  • csoS1D - pore protein

DomainBacteria
PhylumProteobacteria
Classγ-Proteobacteria
OrderChromatiales
FamilyHalothiobacillaceae
GenusHalothiobacillus
SpeciesH. neapolitanus
BioBricks created with this organism:BBa_K1465202
BBa_K1465204
BBa_K1465205
BBa_K1465206
BBa_K1465207
BBa_K1465208
BBa_K1465209
BBa_K1465213
BBa_K1465214
BBa_K1465222
BBa_K1465223

The Bacterium Bacillus subtilis taken with a Tecnai T-12 TEM. Taken by Allon Weiner, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. 2006.


A coding sequence of this organism was used for the isobutanol production:

  • alsS - α-acetolactate synthase

DomainBacteria
PhylumFirmicutes
ClassBacilli
OrderBacillales
FamilyBacillaceae
GenusBacillus
SpeciesB. subtilis
BioBricks created with this organism:BBa_K1465302
BBa_K1465303
BBa_K1465306
BBa_K1465307

Synechococcus PCC 7002 in DIC microscopy. Imaging was performed with the Olympus BX61 microscope and a UPlanSApo 100× NA 1.40 oil immersion objective (Olympus). Pictures were acquired at room temperature in water with a camera (SPOT; Diagnostic Instruments, Inc.) using MetaMorph software (MDS Analytical Technologies).


A coding sequence of this organism was used for the carbon dioxide fixation:

  • RuBisCO - Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase / oxygenase
  • prkA - Phosphoribulokinase

DomainBacteria
PhylumCyanobacteria
ClassOscillatoriophycideae
OrderChroococcales
GenusSynechococcus
SpeciesS. elongatus
BioBricks created with this organism:BBa_K1465201
BBa_K1465203
BBa_K1465212

Actinobacillus lignieresi. Gram stain.


A coding sequence of this organism was used for the transport of reduction equivalents:

  • Asuc_1813/1814/1815/1816 - fumarate reductase

DomainBacteria
PhylumProteobacteria
Classγ-Proteobacteria
OrderPasteurellales
FamilyPasteurellaceae
GenusActinobacillus
SpeciesA. succinogenes
BioBricks created with this organism:BBa_K1465103
BBa_K1465104
BBa_K1465105


A coding sequence of this organism was used for the transport of electrons:

  • Cytochromes

DomainBacteria
PhylumProteobacteria
Subphylumδ / ε-Proteobacteria
Classδ-Proteobacteria
OrderDesulfuromonadales
FamilyGeobacteraceae
GenusGeobacter
SpeciesG. sulfurreducens
BioBricks created with this organism:BBa_K1465101

Phase contrast of Corynebacterium glutamicum


A coding sequence of this organism was used for an enzyme assay:

  • pgk - Phosphoglycerate kinase

DomainBacteria
PhylumActinobacteria
ClassActinobacteridae
OrderActinomycetales
SuborderCorynebacterineae
FamilyCorynebacteriaceae
GenusCorynebacterium
SpeciesC. glutamicum

Microscopic image of Bacillus subtilis (ATCC 6633). Gram staining, magnification:1,000. The oval unstained structures are spores.


A coding sequence of this organism was used for carbon dioxide fixation:

  • glpX - Sedoheptulose 1,7-bisphosphatase

DomainBacteria
PhylumFirmicutes
ClassBacilli
OrderBacillales
FamilyBacillaceae
GenusBacillus
SpeciesB. methanolicus
BioBricks created with this organism:BBa_K1465228
BBa_K1465229

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