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Nonproteobacteria gram-negative bacteria
Many gram-negative bacteria belong to diverse phyla which differ from the proteobacteria
Some belong to the oldest branches of bacteria while others have arisen more recently
Deinococcus-Thermus
Species belonging to the genus Deinococcus are best studied
Very resistant to radiation and desiccation
T. aquaticus Taq polymerase
Deinococcus
Often associate in pairs and tetrads
Stain gram + although cell wall is similar to gram cells
Photosynthetic nonproteobacteria
Phylum Chloroflexi
Also contains nonphotosynthetic bacteria
Are the green nonsulfur bacteria
Can be isolated from neutral to alkaline hot springs
Photosynthetic nonproteobacteria
Phylum Chlorobi
Composed of 1 class, 1 order and 1 family
Are the green sulfur bacteria
Use sulfur and sulfur-containing compounds as electron sources
Photosynthetic nonproteobacteria
Phylum Cyanobacteria
Largest and most diverse group of photosynthetic bacteria
Photosynthetic system resembles that of eukaryotes
Employ a variety of reproductive mechanisms (e.g. binary fission, multiple fission, budding andfragmentation)
Phylum Planctomycetes
Spherical or oval bacteria that lack peptidoglycan
Reproduce by budding
In some species the nuclear body is membrane-bound
Phylum Chlamydiae
Originally grouped with the rickettsias (rickettsias now in -proteobacteria)
Both are small obligate intracellular parasites
Genus Chlamydia is the best studied
Phylum Chlamydiae
Three species are important human pathogens
Cell walls lack peptidoglycan
Osmotic stability achieved by cross-linking of outer membrane proteins with disulfide bonds
Phylum Spirochaetes
Distinguished by their structure and mechanism of motility
Slender long bacteria with a helical shape
Many are too thin to be seen using phase-contrast or dark-field microscopy
Phylum Spirochaetes
Ecologically diverse
Some are free-living (soil and freshwater)
Others live in symbiotic relationships with other organisms (insects, mollusks and mammals)
Phylum Spirochaetes
Some species are human pathogens
e.g. Treponema pallidum (Syphilis)
Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)
Phylum Spirochaetes
Cells are bound by flagella called endoflagella (or axial fimbrils or periplasmic flagella)
Complex of flagella called axial filaments
Filaments bound by a sheath
Phylum Spirochaetes
Motility likely due to rotation of filaments
Rotation causes corkscrew-like movement of the cell
Phylum Bacteroidetes
Very diverse phylum
Closely related to Chlorobi
Anaerobic rods of various shapes