Bosea thiooxidans

Bosea thiooxidans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Hyphomicrobiales
Family:	Boseaceae
Genus:	Bosea
Species:	B. thiooxidans
Binomial name
Bosea thiooxidans Das et al. 1996

Bosea thiooxidans is a gram-negative species of bacteria that oxidises thiosulfate, the type species of its genus. Its type strain is BI-42. ^[1]

References

1. Das, S. K.; Mishra, A. K.; Tindall, B. J.; Rainey, F. A.; Stackebrandt, E. (1996). "Oxidation of Thiosulfate by a New Bacterium, Bosea thiooxidans. (strain BI-42) gen. nov., sp. nov.: Analysis of Phylogeny Based on Chemotaxonomy and 16S Ribosomal DNA Sequencing". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 46 (4): 981–987. doi: 10.1099/00207713-46-4-981 . ISSN   0020-7713. PMID   8863427.

Further reading

• Das SK, Mishra AK (1996). "Transposon mutagenesis affecting thiosulfate oxidation in Bosea thiooxidans, a new chemolithoheterotrophic bacterium". J Bacteriol. 178 (12): 3628–33. doi:10.1128/jb.178.12.3628-3633.1996. PMC   178136 . PMID   8655564.
• Deb, Chirajyoti; Chakraborty, Ranadhir; Ghosh, Amar N; Mandal, Nitai C; Mukherjee, Tusharmouli; Roy, Pradosh (2003). "A generalized transducing thiophage (TPC-1) of a facultative sulfur chemolithotrophic bacterium,Bosea thiooxidansCT5, of α-Proteobacteria, isolated from Indian soil". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 227 (1): 87–92. doi: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00652-9 . ISSN   0378-1097. PMID   14568152.

External links

• Type strain of Bosea thiooxidans at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase