Denitrobacterium

Denitrobacterium is a genus of Actinobacteria with a single species, in the family Coriobacteriaceae. Originally isolated from the bovine rumen, Denitrobacterium are non-motile and non-spore forming.[1] The only described species in this genus is (Denitrobacterium detoxificans).[2]

Denitrobacterium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Actinobacteria
Class:
Actinobacteria
Order:
Coriobacteriales
Family:
Coriobacteriaceae
Genus:
Denitrobacterium

Anderson et al. 2000
Species

D. detoxificans

References
  1. Anderson RC, Rasmussen MA, Jensen NS, Allison MJ (2000). "Denitrobacterium detoxificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a ruminal bacterium that respires on nitrocompounds". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 50 Pt 2: 633–8. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-2-633. PMID 10758869.
  2. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de


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