Microlunatus phosphovorus
Microlunatus phosphovorus is the type species of the Microlunatus bacterial genus. It is Gram-positive and is notable for being a polyphosphate-accumulating bacterium.[1][2] It is coccus-shaped, aerobic, chemoorganotrophic and its type strain is NM-1T.
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| Species: | Microlunatus phosphovorus Nakamura et al. 1995 |
References
- Akar, Aygul; Akkaya, Esma Ucisik; Yesiladali, S. Koray; Çelikyilmaz, Gamze; Çokgor, Emine Ubay; Tamerler, Candan; Orhon, Derin; Çakar, Z Petek (2005). "Accumulation of polyhydroxyalkanoates by Microlunatus phosphovorus under various growth conditions". Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 33 (3): 215–220. doi:10.1007/s10295-004-0201-2. ISSN 1367-5435.
- Nakamura, K.; Hiraishi, A.; Yoshimi, Y.; Kawaharasaki, M.; Masuda, K.; Kamagata, Y. (1995). "Microlunatus phosphovorus gen. nov., sp. nov., a New Gram-Positive Polyphosphate-Accumulating Bacterium Isolated from Activated Sludge". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 45 (1): 17–22. doi:10.1099/00207713-45-1-17. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 7857797.
Further reading
- Goldschmidt P, Costa Ferreira C, Degorge S, et al. (November 2008). "Rapid detection and quantification of Propionibacteriaceae". Br J Ophthalmol. 93 (2): 258–62. doi:10.1136/bjo.2008.146639. PMID 18977791.
- Tanaka, S.; Lee, S.-O.; Hamaoka, K.; Kato, J.; Takiguchi, N.; Nakamura, K.; Ohtake, H.; Kuroda, A. (2003). "Strictly Polyphosphate-Dependent Glucokinase in a Polyphosphate-Accumulating Bacterium, Microlunatus phosphovorus". Journal of Bacteriology. 185 (18): 5654–5656. doi:10.1128/JB.185.18.5654-5656.2003. ISSN 0021-9193. PMC 193765. PMID 12949120.
- Kawakoshi, A.; Nakazawa, H.; Fukada, J.; Sasagawa, M.; Katano, Y.; Nakamura, S.; Hosoyama, A.; Sasaki, H.; Ichikawa, N.; Hanada, S.; Kamagata, Y.; Nakamura, K.; Yamazaki, S.; Fujita, N. (2012). "Deciphering the Genome of Polyphosphate Accumulating Actinobacterium Microlunatus phosphovorus". DNA Research. 19 (5): 383–394. doi:10.1093/dnares/dss020. ISSN 1340-2838. PMC 3473371. PMID 22923697.
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