Biology / Chemistry 330 - Individual Assignments

Assignments, Sequence analysis exercises

Name Exercise 2 - Accession no. (nucleotide)
Coppersmith

DQ810290

Dela Merced U33536
Griffin U47108
Holmes AY247639
Janumov KC408876
Landry L11920
Littwin J04479
Osman AF193842
Park EU708319
Quevedo Villanueva AF038544
Shaw AF038541
Shibkov AF071212
Stinson AY247644
Thompson U86403
Torres FJ215762

Gene sources

Bacterial species Comments / Notes of interest
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus Soil and water bacterium; source of hospital-acquired (nosocomial) infections
Anoxybacillus sp. NB

Thermophile from Turkish hot spring

Bacillus stearothermophilus Thermophile, source of Bst restriction enzymes and a DNA polymerase used for LAMP
Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus Thermophile that can breakdown wood polymers like cellulose & lignin; produces hydrogen gas
Campylobacter jejuni Common bacteria in animal intestines, source of food-borne illness (especially associated with poultry)
Geobacillus anatolicus Hyperthermophile from Turkish hot spring (98°C)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Causative agent of tuberculosis
Rhizobium leguminosarum Nitrogen-fixing bacterium associated with legumes
Salmonella typhimurium Major causative agent of human food-borne illness
Serpulina hyodysenteriae (aka Brachyspira hyodysenteriae) Causative agent of swine dysentery
Staphylococcus aureus Normal human microbiota; causative agent of skin infections and many life-threatening infections such as pneumonia, meningitis, toxic shock, sepsis
Streptococcus pneumoniae Common in human microbiota; causative agent of pneumonia especially in persons with weak immune systems
Thermococcus sp. 9°N-7 Hyperthermophile from a submarine thermal vent (2,500 meters depth), near equator (9°N) at the East Pacific Rise
Thermomicrobium roseum Rose-pink thermophile first isolated from Toadstool Spring in Yellowstone NP
Thermus thermophilus Thermophile, first discovered in a Japanese hot spring