Bacteria
Proteobacteria
Purple phototrophic bacteria Bacteriochlorophyll Carotenoids
Purple Sulfur Bacteria H2SH2SSoSo hydrogen sulfideElemental sulfur
Purple sulfur bacteria
Purple nonsulfur bacteria Photoheterotrophs
Nitrifying Bacteria
Nitrosococcus oceani Nitrobacter winogradskyi
Ammonia monooxygenase : ammonia to hydroxylamine Nitrite oxidase : nitrite to nitrate
Methanotrophs & Methylotrophs Methanotrophs=Obligate aerobes
Vibrio and Photobacterium Broza & Halper. Nature Jul 5;412(6842):40 Pathogen reservoirs. Chironomid egg masses and Vibrio cholerae Vibrio cholerae
Fireworm Hermodice carunculata coral-bleaching pathogen Vibrio shiloi
Bioluminescent bacteria FMNH 2 + O 2 + RCHOFMN + H 2 O + RCOOH+light Luciferase FMN –flavin mononucleotide Autoinduction, quorum sensing Vibrio fischeri Photobacterium phosphoreum
Rickettsias Obligate intracellular parasites
Wolbachia Parthenogenesis Killing of males Feminization
Wolbachia
Buchnera aphidicola Gammaproteobacteria
Gram-Positive bacteria
Low GC
Lactic acid bacteria Electron transport phosphorylation NO porphyrins and cytochromes Substrate level Phosphorylation only Aerotolerant anaerobes
High GC Streptomyces Actinomyces conidia
Cyanobacteria
Chlorophyll a Phycobilins N 2 fixation (some) Cyanobacteria
Chlorophyll b -carotene Divinyl Chlorophyll a Prochlorococcus
Planctomyces No peptidoglycan Nucleated prokaryotes
Green Sulfur Bacteria
Chlorobium limicola Chlorobaculum
Green Sulfur Bacteria “Chlorochromatium aggregatum”
Hyperthermophiles
Thermotoga Thermodesulfobacterium Aquifex