Gemmata obscuriglobus

Gemmata obscuriglobus
Four panels of two-dimensional electron micrographs of G. obscuriglobus cells with complex internal membranes.
Electron micrographs of representative examples illustrating G. obscuriglobus internal morphology. Scale bar = 500nm.[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Planctomycetota
Class:
Planctomycetia
Order:
Gemmatales
Family:
Gemmataceae
Genus:
Gemmata

Franzmann and Skerman 1985[2]
Species:
G. obscuriglobus
Binomial name
Gemmata obscuriglobus
Franzmann and Skerman 1985[2]

Gemmata obscuriglobus is a species of Gram-negative, aerobic, heterotrophic bacteria of the phylum Planctomycetota. G. obscuriglobus occur in freshwater habitats[2] and was first described in 1984,[2][3] and is the only described species in its genus.

G. obscuriglobus is exceptional for its unusual morphology and for the unusual features in its genome, often considered to represent large differences in internal organization compared with most prokaryotes[4]

  1. ^ Santarella-Mellwig, Rachel; Franke, Josef; Jaedicke, Andreas; Gorjanacz, Matyas; Bauer, Ulrike; Budd, Aidan; Mattaj, Iain W.; Devos, Damien P.; Schmid, Sandra L. (19 January 2010). "The Compartmentalized Bacteria of the Planctomycetes-Verrucomicrobia-Chlamydiae Superphylum Have Membrane Coat-Like Proteins". PLOS Biology. 8 (1): e1000281. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000281. PMC 2799638. PMID 20087413.
  2. ^ a b c d Franzmann, P. D.; Skerman, V. B. D. (May 1984). "Gemmata obscuriglobus, a new genus and species of the budding bacteria". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 50 (3): 261–268. doi:10.1007/BF02342136. PMID 6486770. S2CID 24707205.
  3. ^ "Gemmata obscuriglobus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  4. ^ Devos, Damien P. (September 2013). "Gemmata obscuriglobus". Current Biology. 23 (17): R705–R707. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2013.07.013. PMID 24028944.