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Spirochaeta americana

Spirochaeta americana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Spirochaetaceae
Genus: Spirochaeta
Species:
S. americana
Binomial name
Spirochaeta americana
Hoover, Pikuta and Bej 2003

Spirochaeta americana is a single-celled extremophile.[1] This haloalkaliphilic and obligately anaerobic bacterium can be found in the highly alkaline, salty, deep waters of California's Mono Lake.[1][2]

Physical characteristics

S. americana has long helically coiled cells, is gram-negative, and is chemotrophic in its metabolism. Spirochaeta also have unique flagella, sometimes called axial filaments, which run lengthwise between the cytoplasmic membrane and outer membrane. These cause a twisting motion which allows the spirochaete to move about. Despite the extreme environment that they require, "their cell walls are very delicate, and it is difficult to keep them alive for long periods in the laboratory," says Dr. Elena Pikuta, one of the discoverers of S. americana.

Environment

Mono Lake, showing tufa (calcium deposits).

S. americana thrives in the lake-bottom mud of Lake Mono, a 13 mile wide former monomictic volcanic basin which is fed by numerous small Sierra streams and which has no outflow except evaporation and Californian aqueducts, thereby continually increasing the concentration of salts and other minerals in its waters. Further mineral enrichment of these waters also occur due to the volcanically active area, such as when Negit Island erupted roughly 250 years ago.[3]

Surviving in deep, salty, alkaline lake mud of Lake Mono, the extreme conditions in which S. americana thrive have prompted its discoverers to explore Antarctica's Lake Untersee, hopefully to discover similar species.[4][5]

Reproduction

Diagram of bacterial binary fission.

S. americana reproduces via transverse binary fission, where the cytoplasm divides transversely between two sets of DNA genomes, forming two dissimilar individuals, as do other Spirochaeta.[6]

Growth and metabolism

This bacterium grows in environments of 10 to 44 degrees Celsius with optimal growth at 37 degrees and prefers a pH balance of 9.5, similar to that of baking soda, hand soap, or a solution of household bleach in water.[7]

S. americana is capable of metabolizing D-glucose, fructose, maltose, sucrose, starch and D-mannitol and has as its waste H2, acetate, ethanol and formate.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Hoover, Richard B.; et al. (2003). "Spirochaeta americana sp. nov., a new haloalkaliphilic, obligately anaerobic spirochaete isolated from soda Mono Lake in California". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53 (Pt 3): 815–821. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02535-0. PMID 12807206.
  2. ^ "A New Form of Life". Science@Nasa. Archived from the original on 2003-08-11. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
  3. ^ "America's Volcanic Past, Long Valley Vicinity, California". Cascades Volcano Observatory. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
  4. ^ "Extremophile Hunt Begins". Science@Nasa Feature. Archived from the original on 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
  5. ^ "Geomorphic Studies and Hazard Evaluation of Negit Island and Mammoth Mountain, Long Valley Caldera, California". University at Buffalo - Volcano Studies Group. Archived from the original on October 13, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ Weiss, David S. (2004). "Bacterial cell division and the septal ring". Molecular Microbiology. 54 (3): 588–597. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04283.x. PMID 15491352.
  7. ^ "The Measurement of pH - Definition, Standards and Procedures" (PDF). Report of the Working Party on pH, IUPAC Provisional Recommendation. Retrieved 2008-02-21.

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