Deinobacterium
| Deinobacterium | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Deinococcus-Thermus |
| Class: | Deinococci |
| Order: | Deinococcales |
| Family: | Deinococcaceae |
| Genus: | Deinobacterium |
| Type species | |
| D. chartae | |
Deinobacterium is a genus in the Deinococcus-Thermus group (Bacteria). Not to be confused with Deinobacter, a disused name for Deinococcus.
Etymology
The name Deinobacterium derives from:
Greek adjective deinos (δεινός), dreadful, strange; New Latin neuter gender noun bacterium, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium; New Latin masculine gender noun Deinobacterium, strange bacterium.
Species
The genus contains a single species, namely D. chartae ( Ekman et al. 2011, (Type species of the genus).; Latin genitive case noun chartae, of/from paper.) This bacterium is:[1]
- rod-shaped
- non-spore-forming
- non-motile, aerobic
- oxidase and catalase-positive
- radiation-resistant bacterium
- pale pink colonies on oligotrophic medium at 12 to 50 °C (optimum 37 to 45 °C) and at pH 6 to 10.3
- peptidoglycan type A3β with L-Orn–Gly–Gly
- quinone: MK-8
- CG 67%
- isolated from biofilm collected from a Finnish paper mill
See also
References
- ↑ Ekman, J. V.; Raulio, M. .; Busse, H. -J.; Fewer, D. P.; Salkinoja-Salonen, M. . (2010). "Deinobacterium chartae gen. Nov., sp. Nov., an extremely radiation-resistant, biofilm-forming bacterium isolated from a Finnish paper mill". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61 (3): 540–548. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.017970-0.
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