Sporomusa ovata

Sporomusa ovata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Negativicutes
Order:	Selenomonadales
Family:	Sporomusaceae
Genus:	Sporomusa
Species:	S. ovata
Binomial name
Sporomusa ovata Möller et al. 1984

Sporomusa ovata is a species of bacteria with characteristic banana-shaped cells. Its cells are strictly anaerobic, Gram-negative, endospore-forming, straight to slightly curved rods that are motile by means of lateral flagella. ^[1] It has been the subject of much research into electrosynthesis of energy-containing carbon chains. ^{[2] [3]}

Sporomusa ovata is a candidate as the biological catalyst for an "artificial leaf" that converts sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into oxygen and liquid fuels. ^[4]

References

1. Möller, Bernhard (1984). "Sporomusa, a new genus of gram-negative anaerobic bacteria including Sporomusa sphaeroides spec. nov. and Sporomusa ovata spec. nov". Archives of Microbiology. 139 (4): 388. Bibcode:1984ArMic.139..388M. doi:10.1007/BF00408385. S2CID   31011370.
2. Nevin, Kelly (2010). "Microbial electrosynthesis: feeding microbes electricity to convert carbon dioxide and water to multicarbon extracellular organic compounds". mBio. 1 (2): e00103-10. doi:10.1128/mBio.00103-10. PMC   2921159 . PMID   20714445.
3. Lovley, Derek (2013). "Electrobiocommodities: powering microbial production of fuels and commodity chemicals from carbon dioxide with electricity". Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 24 (3): 385–90. doi:10.1016/j.copbio.2013.02.012. PMID   23465755.
4. Netburn, Deborah (September 29, 2015). "MacArthur 'genius' grant winner creates artificial leaves that photosynthesize". Los Angeles Times.

External links

• Type strain of Sporomusa ovata at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase