earth science

Halomonas organivorans

Halomonas organivorans is a earth science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Halomonas organivorans rather than just read about it. In short: Halomonas organivorans is a species of gram-negative bacteria from the order Oceanospirillales. H. organivorans is a halophilic bacterium that is able to degrade aromatic compounds.

Key takeaways

Halomonas organivorans belongs to earth science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Halomonas organivorans to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Halomonas organivorans from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Halomonas organivorans is a species of gram-negative bacteria from the order Oceanospirillales. H. organivorans is a halophilic bacterium that is able to degrade aromatic compounds. It's considered a potentially useful bacteria for decontamination of polluted saline habitats. Its type strain is G-16.1T (=CECT 5995T =CCM 7142T).

References

Further reading Oren, Aharon (2002). Halophilic microorganisms and their environments. Kluwer Academic. ISBN 1-4020-0829-5. Driessen, Arnold; Moreno, Maria de Lourdes; Sánchez-Porro, Cristina; Piubeli, Francine; Frias, Luciana; García, María Teresa; Mellado, Encarnación (2011). "Cloning, Characterization and Analysis of cat and ben Genes from the Phenol Degrading Halophilic Bacterium Halomonas organivorans". PLOS ONE. 6 (6) e21049. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021049. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3112211. PMID 21695219. Guerrero, Ricardo (2013). "Halophiles and hypersaline environments. Current research and future trends". International Microbiology. 16 (1): 65–66.

External links "Halomonas organivorans". The Encyclopedia of Life. LPSN Type strain of Halomonas organivorans at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Halomonas organivorans

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Halomonas organivorans claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In earth science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Halomonas organivorans before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Halomonas organivorans ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Halomonas organivorans

In research: Halomonas organivorans appears in earth science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Halomonas organivorans in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Halomonas organivorans is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Bacteria described in 2004, Gram-negative bacteria, Halophiles, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Halomonas organivorans outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Halomonas organivorans in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Halomonas organivorans means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Halomonas organivorans out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Halomonas organivorans in simple terms?

Halomonas organivorans is a species of gram-negative bacteria from the order Oceanospirillales. H. organivorans is a halophilic bacterium that is able to degrade aromatic compounds.

Why does Halomonas organivorans matter?

Because it connects several earth science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Halomonas organivorans?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Halomonas organivorans.