The above diagram is a diagram of the structure of Streptomyces Griseus.
Molecular Formula: C35H58O9
CLASSIFICATION
The scientific name for our bacteria is streptomyces griseus. It is in the genus of filamentous, and it is in the family Streptomycetacea. This bacteria is an aerobic bacteria, and this bacteria is characterized as gram positive.
GRAM STAIN
Positive. Having a positive Gram Stain means that the cell wall of Streptomyces Griseus is not as thick as other bacteria, which also allows us to classify the bacteria as Streptomyces Griseus.
HABITAT
The species Streptomyces Griseus is found worldwide in soil, and it is very important in soil ecology. Interestingly much of the characteristic earthy smell of soils comes from chemicals called geosmen given off by the Streptomyces Griseus species. This bacteria can eat almost anything that is provided. Examples are sugars, alcohols, amino acids, organic acids, etc. Streptomyces Griseus grows the fastest and best, when it is grown at the temperature of 26°C.
REPRODUCTION
The Streptomyces Griseus bacteria form branching filaments of cells which become a tiny little network of strands called Mycelium. The bacteria is unique in it's own way because of the fact the the form spores to reproduce. Streptomyces Griseus produce spores in the production of many different antibiotics. Some of these spores are aerial filaments that reach outward above the colony to form other spores and different divisions of filaments. Aerial means that this bacteria must have oxygen to survive.
BENEFICIAL PROPERTIES
Streptomyces Griseus produces the anti-cancer drug streptocin.
MEDICINE PRODUCED BY STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS
One antibiotic produced by Streptomyces griseus is Streptomycin. It was discovered by 3 biochemists named Selman Waksman, Albert Schatz, and Elizabeth Bugie. It was the first antimicrobial agent developed after penicillin. It was the first medicin used in treating tuberculosis.
HISTORY
A lot of antibiotics used today are produced from streptomyces. It evolved about 450 million years ago and adapted to plant remains They reproduce by sending up aerial branches that turn into spores.
NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Streptomyces Griseus must have dry soil, and oxygen to live. The things in the dry soil that it needs are, sugars, alcohals, amino acids, and organic acids. It also need to be at the growing temperature of 26 degrees celcius.
THINGS THAT CAN BE CURED BY STREPTOMYCIN
This is the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis, it interferes with the tubercle bacillus's ability to synthesize certain vital proteins. It still has some use in combination with penicillin for treating endocarditis and with tetracyclines in the treatment of plague, tularemia, and brucellosis.
LOSS OF BACTERIA IN ENVIRONMENT
Based on our research, we found that it seems to exist in almost all soils, and in one article we found that there was an over abundance of it, which was absorbed into the wheat used to make a bread. We found that plants would react differently to the soil if the Streptomyces Bacteria did nto exist.
RECENT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
The majority of the research we found few that were very rescent as noted in our bibliography.
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