Posted by elam2 | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on April 17, 2019
Enterobacter aerogenes is a microbe that is part of the family Enterobacteriaceae and genus Klebsiella. The microbe, E.aerogenes is a single cell Gram-negative, facultatively – anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium. As a facultative anaerobe, the bacteria can survive in both aerobic and anaerobic. The genus Enterobacter can be found in the human intestinal tract, animals, plants, environment, and foods. E.aerogenes is commonly found in natural environments such as soil, water, and sewage. The measurement size of this bacteria is from 0.3 – 3.0 micrometer. E.aerogenes is motile by using flagella all around its membrane for movement in the environment. The cell wall contains an outer and inner layer encased by a plasma membrane. The outer membrane contains lipopolysaccharides in its outer leaflet and phospholipids in the inner leaflet. The peptidoglycan is thinner because Gram-positive have a bigger size than Gram-negative. Enterobacter has a genome of approximately 5.6 megabases, with 5636 genes and 5518 proteins, and a G + C content of ~ 55% (Ren et al., 2010).
Figure 1. Genome size of Enterobacter
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3000252/