Microbial diversity
archaea
bacteria
Phyla
Crenarchaeota
Thaumarchaota
euryachaeota
physiological groups
hyperthermophiles
metabolism
strict anaerobes
acidophiles
sulfur-dependent
order
Thermoproteales
Desulfurococcales
Sulfolabales
Caldisphaerales
Group I archaea
membrane lipids - crenarchaeol/thaumarchaeol
mesophilic
nitrification
Methanogens
Halobacteria
Thermoplasms
extremely thermophilic S - metabolizers
Sulfate-reducers
importance
wastewater treatment
can produce methane to be used as fuel and energy source
extreme halophiles
aerobic
chemoheterotrophs
genera
Thermoplasmataceae
Picrophilaceae
Ferroplasmataceae
Thermoacidophiles
lack cell walls
genera
Thermococcus
Paleococcus
Pyrococcus
motile
strictly anaerobic
reduce sulfur to sulfide
optimum growth - 88-100
Class
order
Genera
Class
Thermococci
order
Thermococcales
Archaeoglobi
Archaeoglobales
Archaeoglobus
irregular coccoid cells
extremely thermophilic
metabolism
lithotrophic or organotrophic
sulfate, sulfite or thiosulfite as e- acceptor
genera
Halobacterium
phyla
Aquificae
thermotogae
Deinococcus-Thermus
Photosynthetic
Chlorobi
Chloroflexi
Firmicutes
Cyanobacteria
Planctomycetes
Chlamydiae
Spirochaetes
Bacteroidetes
Proteobacteria
Gram-positive
Firmicutes
Actinobacteria
Genera
Aquifex
Hydrogenobacter
gram-negative
thermophile
microaerophilic
chemolithoautotroph
genera
Thermatoga
Gram-negative rods
thermophiles
chemoheterotrophs
Deinococcus
Spherical or rod-shaped; in pairs or tetrads
cell wall-less gram-positive
aerobic
resistant to desiccation and radiation
green nonsulfur
green sulfur
Heliobacteria
Acidobacteria
gram-negative thermophilic
genera
Chlorobium
Prosthecochloris
Pelodictyon
Chlorosomes
nonmotile
gas vesicles
obligate anaerobic photolithoautotrophs
sulfide rich areas
Photosynthetic
Nonphotosynthetic
Genus Herpetosiphon
Genus chloroflexus
filamentous
thermophilic
metabolism
anoxygenic photosynthesis
chemoheterotroph
non-photosynthetic gliding, rod-shaped or filamentous
aerobic chemoorganotrophs
Chlorophyceae
gram-negative
obligate photolithoautotrophs
chemoheterotrophs
Photosynthesis
Pigmentation
carbon fixation
phycobiliproteins
calvin cycle
Ecology
Phycocyanin
phycoerythrin
chromatic adaptation
phototaxis
thermophilic
blooms in nutrient-rich ponds and lakes
Symbiotic relationships
synechoccus, Prochlorococcus
anammoxosome
lack peptidoglycan
genus
Planctomyces
gram-negative
obligate intracellular parasite
Chlamydia
gram-negative
chemoheterotrophic
motile
genera
Spirochaeta
Treponema
Symbiotic associations
free living
symbiotic
disease
lyme
syphilis
chemoheterotrophs
terrestrial and marine environments
anaerobic
gram negative rods
no endospore formation
lineages
Alphaproteobacterium
Betaproteobacterium
Gammaproteobacterium
Deltaproteobacterium
Epsilonproteobacterium
genus
Nitrobacter
Caulobacter
chemoheterotrophs and chemolithotrophs
genus
Bordetella
Neiserria
Largest subgroup of proteobacteria
chemoorganotrophs
photolithotrophs
chemolithotrophs
methylotrophs
genus
Azotobacter
Escherichia
Aerobic, chemooraganotrophic predators
anaerobic, chemoorganotrophic sulfur- and sulfate-reducers
genus
Campylobacter
Helicobacter
smallest of proteobacterial classes
slender gram-negative rods
thermophilic
chemolithoautotrophic
Low G + C
Classes
clostridia
bacilli
negativicutes
High G + C
source of most currently used antibiotics
most are not motile
metabolites
anticancer
antihelminthic
immunosuppressive
ecological importance
widely distributed in soil
mineralization of organic matter
structure of cell wall
Protists