Prosthecobacter
Sign in to saveProsthecobacter is a genus of bacteria from the phylum Verrucomicrobiota with a distinctive characteristic; the presence of tubulin-like genes. Tubulins, which are components of the microtubule, have never been observed in Gracilicutes before.
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- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumVerrucomicrobiota
- ClassVerrucomicrobiae
- OrderVerrucomicrobiales
- FamilyVerrucomicrobiaceae
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- Prosthecobacter
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- gram-negative bacteria
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Prosthecobacter is a genus of bacteria from the phylum Verrucomicrobiota with a distinctive characteristic; the presence of tubulin-like genes. Tubulins, which are components of the microtubule, have never been observed in Gracilicutes before.
Tubulin was long thought to be specific to eukaryotes. More recently, however, several prokaryotic proteins have been shown to be related to tubulin.
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