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Life on Earth added text to "Brief Summary" on "Escherichia coli (Migula 1895) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)".
Gut bacteria are rod-shaped. Many are found the intestines of animals,...
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Leo Shapiro commented on an older version of Distribution:
Also, link seems to be for a Porifera database--not obvious that it has anything to do with E coli...
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Leo Shapiro marked "Distribution" as hidden on the "Escherichia coli Castellani & Chalmers, 1919" page.
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Cyndy Parr commented on "Image of Yersinia pestis":
This is a picture of a flea, not of the plague (Yersinia pestis).
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Bob Corrigan commented on an older version of Distribution:
Reading this would suggest that the only place this is found is in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Mike Waldrep commented on "Thiopedia rosea Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)":
Beautiful!
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Mike Waldrep commented on "Halianthella kerguelensis (Studer, 1879)":
Beautiful! I hope that everyone's Sunday is going great and I hope that they have a great Presidents' Day and I hope that they have a great George Washington's birthday!
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Cyndy Parr commented on an older version of Distribution:
While no doubt E. coli occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, it is astounding to think that it occurs nowhere else.
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John McQuiston commented on "Salmonella SopEphi":
The National Salmonella Reference Laboratory at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has determined that the new species of Salmonella subterranea reported by Shebolina et.al (4) is not likely a Salmonella species, demonstrated by molecular and phylogenetic evaluation. Methods including DNA-DNA hybridization, DNA sequencing followed by phylogenetic analysis of housekeeping genes and attempted PCR amplification of Salmonella specific genes all found this species, while likely new, is more closely related to the genus Escherichia. The WHO collaborating center for Salmonella also has evidence demonstrating that this new species is not likely Salmonella. http://www.pasteur.fr/sante/clre/cadrecnr/salmoms/WKLM_2007.pdf The initial report on this new species relied heavily on 16s rRNA sequencing which has been shown to be unreliable in the genus Enterobacteriaceae (2, 3). In that regard, the reported 16S similarity was within 0.1% for two different genera; their 16S sequence was 96.4% similar to S. bongori and 96.3% similar to Enterobacter cloacae. The phenotypic profile for the strain differed from Salmonella in three characteristics that are key for Salmonella identification, hydrogen sulfide production on TSI, indole production, and lysine utilization (1). The published phenotypic profile for the strain produced a best match with Escherichia hermanii using publically available probabilistic identification algorithms ( http://www.som.soton.ac.uk/staff/tnb/pib.htm) 1.Ewing, W. H. 1986. Edwards and Ewing’s identification of Enterobacteriaceae, 4th ed, vol. Burgess Publishing Co, New York., NY. 2.Janda, J. M., and S. L. Abbott. 2007. 16S rRNA gene sequencing for bacterial identification in the diagnostic laboratory: pluses, perils, and pitfalls. J Clin Microbiol 45:2761-4. 3.Naum, M., E. W. Brown, and R. J. Mason-Gamer. 2008. Is 16S rDNA a reliable phylogenetic marker to characterize relationships below the family level in the enterobacteriaceae? J Mol Evol 66:630-42. 4.Shelobolina, E. S., S. A. Sullivan, K. R. O'Neill, K. P. Nevin, and D. R. Lovley. 2004. Isolation, characterization, and U(VI)-reducing potential of a facultatively anaerobic, acid-resistant Bacterium from Low-pH, nitrate- and U(VI)-contaminated subsurface sediment and description of Salmonella subterranea sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 70:2959-65.
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