Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus

Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus is an aerobic, Gram-negative bacteria from the family of Xanthobacteraceae which has been isolated from dichloromethane contaminated soil in Volgograd in Russia.[1][4][3][5] Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus can use dichloromethane, methanol, formate and formaldehyde for its metabolism.[5]

Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Rhizobiales
Family:	Xanthobacteraceae
Genus:	Ancylobacter
Species:	A. dichloromethanicus
Binomial name
Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus Firsova et al. 2010[1]
Type strain
DM16, DSM 21507, VKM B-2484[2]
Synonyms
Ancylobacter dichloromethanicum[3]

Further reading

• Firsova, J; Doronina, N; Lang, E; Spröer, C; Vuilleumier, S; Trotsenko, Y (July 2009). "Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus sp. nov.--a new aerobic facultatively methylotrophic bacterium utilizing dichloromethane". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 32 (4): 227–32. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2009.02.002. PMID 19346095.

References

1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
2. Straininfo of Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus
3. UniProt
4. Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen
5. Firsova, J; Doronina, N; Lang, E; Spröer, C; Vuilleumier, S; Trotsenko, Y (July 2009). "Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus sp. nov.--a new aerobic facultatively methylotrophic bacterium utilizing dichloromethane". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 32 (4): 227–32. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2009.02.002. PMID 19346095.

External links

• Type strain of Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase