Klebsiella variicola At-22

Names Klebsiella variicola At-22
Accession numbers NC_013850
Background Bacteria of the genus Klebsiella are widely distributed in nature, in the soil and in water. They are also part of the normal flora of the human intestinal tract, but usually in low numbers compared with E. coli. Klebsiella variicola is a recently (2004) described species distributed both in plants and in clinical settings, representing less than 10% of the clinical Klebsiella isolates previously considered as K. pneumoniae.Amazonian leaf-cutter ants cut leaves and bring them to a fungal garden, which they use as a substrate to cultivate a fungus (family Lepiotaceae) for food. Additionally these ants engage in another association with Actinobacteria (genus Pseudonocardia), which produce antibiotics to help defend the fungus garden from parasites. It has now been discovered that N(2) fixation occurs in leaf-cutter ant fungus gardens and indicated the presence of N(2)-fixing bacteria within the garden matrix. It is estimated that a single mature leaf-cutter ant colony may contribute as much as 1.8 kg of fixed N per year into neotropical ecosystems (adapted from PMID 19965433). (HAMAP: KLEVT)
Taxonomy
Kingdom:Bacteria
Phylum:Proteobacteria
Class:Gammaproteobacteria
Order:Enterobacteriales
Family:Enterobacteriaceae
Genus:Klebsiella
Species:variicola
Strain At-22
Complete Yes
Sequencing centre (01-JUL-2009) Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 4325 Microbial Sciences Building, 1550 Linden
(17-FEB-2010) National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
(26-JAN-2010) US DOE Joint Genome Institute, 2800 Mitchell Drive B310, Walnut Creek, CA 94598-1698, USA
Sequencing quality Level 6: Finished
Sequencing depth NA
Sequencing method 454-GS-FLX
Isolation site Atta cephalotes fungus garden
Isolation country NA
Number of replicons 1
Gram staining properties Negative
Shape NA
Mobility No
Flagellar presence No
Number of membranes 2
Oxygen requirements NA
Optimal temperature NA
Temperature range Mesophilic
Habitat HostAssociated
Biotic relationship Free living
Host name NA
Cell arrangement NA
Sporulation NA
Metabolism NA
Energy source NA
Diseases NA
Pathogenicity NA
Glycolysis / Gluconeogenesis
Citrate cycle (TCA cycle)
Pentose phosphate pathway
Pentose and glucuronate interconversions
Fructose and mannose metabolism
Galactose metabolism
Ascorbate and aldarate metabolism
Fatty acid biosynthesis
Fatty acid metabolism
Synthesis and degradation of ketone bodies
Ubiquinone and other terpenoid-quinone biosynthesis
Purine metabolism
Pyrimidine metabolism
Alanine, aspartate and glutamate metabolism
Glycine, serine and threonine metabolism
Cysteine and methionine metabolism
Valine, leucine and isoleucine degradation
Valine, leucine and isoleucine biosynthesis
Lysine biosynthesis
Arginine and proline metabolism
Histidine metabolism
Phenylalanine metabolism
Benzoate degradation
Fluorobenzoate degradation
Phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan biosynthesis
beta-Alanine metabolism
Selenocompound metabolism
D-Glutamine and D-glutamate metabolism
D-Alanine metabolism
Glutathione metabolism
Starch and sucrose metabolism
Amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism
Streptomycin biosynthesis
Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis
Peptidoglycan biosynthesis
Glycerolipid metabolism
Glycerophospholipid metabolism
Pyruvate metabolism
Xylene degradation
Glyoxylate and dicarboxylate metabolism
Propanoate metabolism
Butanoate metabolism
C5-Branched dibasic acid metabolism
One carbon pool by folate
Thiamine metabolism
Riboflavin metabolism
Vitamin B6 metabolism
Nicotinate and nicotinamide metabolism
Pantothenate and CoA biosynthesis
Biotin metabolism
Lipoic acid metabolism
Folate biosynthesis
Porphyrin and chlorophyll metabolism
Terpenoid backbone biosynthesis
Nitrogen metabolism
Sulfur metabolism
Caprolactam degradation
Aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis