Brachymonas chironomi

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Brachymonas chironomi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Comamonadaceae
Genus: Brachymonas
Species:
B. chironomi
Binomial name
Brachymonas chironomi
Halpern et al. 2009, sp. nov.[1]
Type strain
AIMA4, DSM 19884, Halpern AImA4, LMG 24400[2]

Brachymonas chironomi is a Gram-negative, nonmotile, aerobic, oxidase-positive, catalase-positive, chemo-organotrophic bacterium from the genus Brachymonas and family Comamonadaceae, which was isolated from a chironomid egg mass in Israel.[3] Brachymonas chironomi occur as single cells ore as pairs and sometimes as chains.[4] The colony color of B. chironomi is beige and changes after a few days into brown-beige.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Genus: Brachymonas". Retrieved 2013-05-04.
  2. ^ http://www.straininfo.net/strains/846045
  3. ^ Halpern, M; Shakèd, T; Schumann, P (Dec 2009). "Brachymonas chironomi sp. nov., isolated from a chironomid egg mass, and emended description of the genus Brachymonas". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 59 (Pt 12): 3025–9. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.007211-0. PMID 19643891.
  4. ^ http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/59/12/3025.full.pdf[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/59/12/3025.full.pdf[permanent dead link]

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