Rubrobacter xylanophilus
| Rubrobacter xylanophilus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinobacteria |
| Class: | Actinobacteria |
| Subclass: | Rubrobacteridae Rainey et al. 1997 |
| Order: | Rubrobacterales |
| Family: | Rubrobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Rubrobacter |
| Species: | R. xylanophilus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rubrobacter xylanophilus Carreto et al. 1996 | |
Rubrobacter xylanophilus is a thermophilic species of bacteria. It is slightly halotolerant, short rod- and coccus-shaped and gram-positive, with type strain PRD-1T. It is the only true radiation resistant thermopile. It can degrade xylan and hemicellulose.[1]
References
- ↑ Carreto, L.; Moore, E.; Nobre, M. F.; Wait, R.; Riley, P. W.; Sharp, R. J.; Da Costa, M. S. (1996). "Rubrobacter xylanophilus sp. nov., a New Thermophilic Species Isolated from a Thermally Polluted Effluent". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 46 (2): 460–465. doi:10.1099/00207713-46-2-460. ISSN 0020-7713.
Further reading
- Empadinhas, Nuno; Mendes, Vítor; Simões, Catarina; Santos, Maria S.; Mingote, Ana; Lamosa, Pedro; Santos, Helena; Costa, Milton S. da (2007). "Organic solutes in Rubrobacter xylanophilus: the first example of di-myo-inositol-phosphate in a thermophile". Extremophiles 11 (5): 667–673. doi:10.1007/s00792-007-0084-z. ISSN 1431-0651.
- Empadinhas, Nuno; Pereira, Pedro José Barbosa; Albuquerque, Luciana; Costa, Joana; Sá-Moura, Bebiana; Marques, Alexandra T.; Macedo-Ribeiro, Sandra; da Costa, Milton S. (2011). "Functional and structural characterization of a novel mannosyl-3-phosphoglycerate synthase from Rubrobacter xylanophilus reveals its dual substrate specificity". Molecular Microbiology 79 (1): 76–93. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07432.x. ISSN 0950-382X.
- Nobre, A.; Alarico, S.; Fernandes, C.; Empadinhas, N.; da Costa, M. S. (2008). "A Unique Combination of Genetic Systems for the Synthesis of Trehalose in Rubrobacter xylanophilus: Properties of a Rare Actinobacterial TreT". Journal of Bacteriology 190 (24): 7939–7946. doi:10.1128/JB.01055-08. ISSN 0021-9193.
- A Trincone (30 September 2013). Marine Enzymes for Biocatalysis: Sources, Biocatalytic Characteristics and Bioprocesses of Marine Enzymes. Elsevier Science. pp. 479–. ISBN 978-1-908818-35-5.
- Ferreira, A. C.; Nobre, M. F.; Moore, E.; Rainey, F. A.; Battista, J. R.; da Costa, M.S. (1999). "Characterization and radiation resistance of new isolates of Rubrobacter radiotolerans and Rubrobacter xylanophilus". Extremophiles 3 (4): 235–238. doi:10.1007/s007920050121. ISSN 1431-0651.
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