Micavibrio aeruginosavorus

Micavibrio aeruginosavorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Deltaproteobacteria
Order:	Bdellovibrionales
Family:	Bdellovibrionaceae
Genus:	Micavibrio
Species:	Micavibrio aeruginosavorus
Binomial name
Micavibrio aeruginosavorus

Micavibrio aeruginosavorus is a species of epibiotic predatory bacteria. Unlike Bdellovibrio, a genus in the same family, Micavibrio do not invade the periplasmic space of their prey, but feed by attaching themselves to its surface.^[1]

For its predatory qualities, M. aeruginosavorus is being considered as an antibacterial.^[2]

References

1. ^ Wang, Z.; Kadouri, D. E.; Wu, M. (2011). "Genomic insights into an obligate epibiotic bacterial predator: Micavibrio aeruginosavorus ARL-13". BMC Genomics 12: 453. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-12-453. PMC 3189940. PMID 21936919. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=3189940.  edit
2. ^ "Bacterial 'Vampires' Suck Life Out of Other Microbes". LiveScience. 1 November 2011. http://www.livescience.com/16822-vampire-bacteria-genome.html. Retrieved 1 November 2011.