Tolumonas

Tolumonas
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Eubacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Aeromonadales
Family: Aeromonadaceae
Genus: Tolumonas
Fischer-Romero et al. 1996
Species

T. auensis
T. osonensis

Tolumonas is a genera of gram-negative bacteria.[1][2] It growth under aerobic and anaerobic conditions and is nonmotile.[2] The cells are rods and occur in pairs or singly.[2] It is known for one of its species biological bacterial production of Toluene from phenylalanine and other phenyl precursors[3][4]

References

  1. Euzéby, J. P. "List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature". Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Don J. Brenner, Noel R. Krieg, James T. Staley (July 26, 2005) [1984(Williams & Wilkins)]. George M. Garrity, ed. The Gammaproteobacteria. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology 2B (2nd ed.). New York: Springer. p. 1108. ISBN 978-0-387-24144-9. British Library no. GBA561951.
  3. Fischer, C (January 1996). "Tolumonas auensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a toluene-producing bacterium from anoxic sediments of a freshwater lake".
  4. Chertkov, Olga. "Complete genome sequence of Tolumonas Auensis". Retrieved September 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, March 26, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.