Terrabacter carboxydivorans

Terrabacter carboxydivorans is a species of Gram-positive, nonmotile, non-endosporeforming bacteria. Cells are rod-shaped. It was initially isolated from roadside soil near Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea during a survey for bacteria with the ability to digest carbon monoxide. The species was first described in 2011, and its name is derived from Latin carboxydum (air) and vorans (devouring, digesting).[1]

Terrabacter carboxydivorans
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T. carboxydivorans
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Terrabacter carboxydivorans
Kim 2011

The optimum growth temperature for T. carboxydivorans is 30 °C and can grow in the 15-40 °C range. It can grow in pH 4.0-12.0, and can also grow in the presence of 400 ppm carbon monoxide.[1]

References

  1. Kim, S. M.; Park, S. W.; Park, S. T.; Kim, Y. M. (5 March 2010). "Terrabacter carboxydivorans sp. nov., a carbon monoxide-oxidizing actinomycete". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61 (3): 482–486. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.020826-0.
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