User:Vandelay Industries Biologist/Myxococcaceae

Goals for the Myxococcaceae article addition.

- Give an overview of where these bacteria are found.

- Explain the significance these bacteria have in specific fields.

- Contextualize the role the organism plays in the environment it inhabits

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Myxococcaceae is a family of gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria. The family Myxococcaceae covers the best explored and studied myxobacteria with a wide scope of research.

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This family of bacteria are ubiquitously found in soils, marine, and freshwater environments. Nearly all members of the Myxococcaceae are found in soil.

Cells can be motile with gliding and swarming behavior. Vegetative cell shape in the Myxococcaceae family are long rods varying in size between members. Most common fruiting body morphs are soft hump and knob shaped and the color can be yellow, peach, white, or orange depending on species. Myxococcaceae are spore producing bacteria and are deleneated phylogenetically with their spore shape. The myxospores are oval to round in shape and are optically refractive.

Progressing to the order of Myxococcales in the family Myxococcaceae, particular bacteria in this order have been the subject of initial feats of science. The first genome to be sequenced, primary observation of plasmid replication, and the first discovery of bacteriophage. Members of the Myxococcaceae produce a wide range of secondary metabolites having useful functions and applications. Compounds with anti-microbial, anti-parasitic, and in rare cases, anti-HIV activities have been isolated from the Myxococcaceae family.

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(Using the same lead as the original article) + This family of bacteria are ubiquitously found in soils, marine, and freshwater environments. Nearly all members of the Myxococcaceae are found in soil. Societal uses of the microbial family are currently being developed and implemented in human health fields.

Morphology

Cells can be motile with gliding and swarming behavior. Vegetative cell shape in the Myxococcaceae family are long rods varying in size between members. Most common fruiting body morphs are soft hump and knob shaped with possible colors of yellow, peach, white, or orange depending on species. Myxococcaceae are spore producing bacteria and are delineated phylogenetically with their spore shape. The myxospores are oval to round in shape and are optically refractive.^[1]

Relevance and Behavior

Progressing to the order of Myxococcales in the family Myxococcaceae, particular bacteria in this order have been the subject of initial feats of science. The first genome to be sequenced, primary observation of plasmid replication, and the first discovery of bacteriophage are among the most notable instances. Members of the Myxococcaceae produce a wide range of secondary metabolites having useful functions and applications. Compounds with anti-microbial, anti-parasitic, and in rare cases, anti-HIV activities have been isolated from the Myxococcaceae family.^[2] Quorum sensing (QS) behavior is limited in this family. However, there is evidence that some members of the family produce molecules that interrupt QS of other microbes, behavior potentially useful in predation. ^[3]

References

^ Garcia, Ronald; Müller, Rolf (2014), Rosenberg, Eugene; DeLong, Edward F.; Lory, Stephen; Stackebrandt, Erko (eds.), "The Family Myxococcaceae", The Prokaryotes: Deltaproteobacteria and Epsilonproteobacteria, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 191–212, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-39044-9_303#sec15, ISBN 978-3-642-39044-9, retrieved 2022-10-17
^ Garcia, Ronald; Müller, Rolf (2014), Rosenberg, Eugene; DeLong, Edward F.; Lory, Stephen; Stackebrandt, Erko (eds.), "The Family Myxococcaceae", The Prokaryotes: Deltaproteobacteria and Epsilonproteobacteria, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 191–212, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-39044-9_303#sec15, ISBN 978-3-642-39044-9, retrieved 2022-10-17
^ Whitworth, David E.; Zwarycz, Allison (2020-11-06). "A Genomic Survey of Signalling in the Myxococcaceae". Microorganisms. 8 (11): 1739. doi:10.3390/microorganisms8111739. ISSN 2076-2607. PMC 7694542. PMID 33171896.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

[1] Garcia, Ronald; Müller, Rolf (2014), Rosenberg, Eugene; DeLong, Edward F.; Lory, Stephen; Stackebrandt, Erko (eds.), "The Family Myxococcaceae", The Prokaryotes: Deltaproteobacteria and Epsilonproteobacteria, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 191–212, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-39044-9_303#sec15, ISBN 978-3-642-39044-9, retrieved 2022-10-17

[2] Garcia, Ronald; Müller, Rolf (2014), Rosenberg, Eugene; DeLong, Edward F.; Lory, Stephen; Stackebrandt, Erko (eds.), "The Family Myxococcaceae", The Prokaryotes: Deltaproteobacteria and Epsilonproteobacteria, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 191–212, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-39044-9_303#sec15, ISBN 978-3-642-39044-9, retrieved 2022-10-17

[3] Whitworth, David E.; Zwarycz, Allison (2020-11-06). "A Genomic Survey of Signalling in the Myxococcaceae". Microorganisms. 8 (11): 1739. doi:10.3390/microorganisms8111739. ISSN 2076-2607. PMC 7694542. PMID 33171896.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

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