Aureispira Explained

Aureispira is a Gram-negative and aerobic genus from the family of Saprospiraceae.^{[1] [2] [3]} Aureispira gets its energy from a process called ixotrophy.^[4] Using this process, Aurespira can acquire energy from other micro-organisms by attaching grappling hooks to the flagella of bacteria and reeling them in to puncture the bacteria's plasma membranes. This allows it to collect food for itself when there is not sufficient food sources available in the environment.^[5]

Further reading

• Furusawa. Go. Harzell. Patricia L.. Navaratnam. Visweswaran. Calcium is required for ixotrophy of Aureispira sp. CCB-QB1. Microbiology. 1 October 2015. 161. 10. abstract. 10.1099/mic.0.000158. free.

• Hosoya. S.. Arunpairojana. V.. Suwannachart. C.. Kanjana-Opas. A.. Yokota. A.. Aureispira maritima sp. nov., isolated from marine barnacle debris. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 1 September 2007. 57. 9. 1948–1951. 10.1099/ijs.0.64928-0. 17766852. free.
• Hosoya. S.. Arunpairojana. V.. Suwannachart. C.. Kanjana-Opas. A.. Yokota. A.. Aureispira marina gen. nov., sp. nov., a gliding, arachidonic acid-containing bacterium isolated from the southern coastline of Thailand. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 1 December 2006. 56. 12. 2931–2935. 10.1099/ijs.0.64504-0. 17159001. free.
• Hartzell. Patricia L.. Navaratnam. Visweswaran. Furusawa. Go. Calcium is required for ixotrophy of Aureispira sp. CCB-QB1. Microbiology. 1 October 2015. 161. 10. 1933–1941. 10.1099/mic.0.000158. 26306656. free.

Notes and References

1. Aureispira. www.uniprot.org. en.
2. Parker. Charles Thomas. Osier. Nicole Danielle. Garrity. George M. Charles Thomas . George M. . Parker . Garrity . Nomenclature Abstract for Aureispira Hosoya et al. 2006 emend. Hosoya et al. 2007.. The NamesforLife Abstracts. 2009 . 10.1601/nm.10360. en.
3. Aureispira. Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. 1 January 2015. 1–3 . 10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00356. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 978-1-118-96060-8 . en.
4. Lien . Yun-Wei . Amendola . Davide . Lee . Kang Soo . Bartlau . Nina . Xu . Jingwei . Furusawa . Go . Polz . Martin F. . Stocker . Roman . Weiss . Gregor L. . Pilhofer . Martin . 2024-10-18 . Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy . Science . 386 . 6719 . eadp0614 . 10.1126/science.adp0614 . 1095-9203 . 39418385. 20.500.11850/665955 . free .
5. Web site: Marine bacterium: Catching prey with grappling hooks and cannons . 2024-10-25 . ScienceDaily . en.