Brachymonas

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Brachymonas
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Brachymonas denitrificans
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Comamonadaceae
Genus: Brachymonas
Hiraishi et al., 1995, gen. nov. [1]
Type species
Brachymonas denitrificans
Species

Brachymonas chironomi Brachymonas denitrificans Brachymonas petroleovorans

Brachymonas is a genus of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria. [2]

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References

  1. A.C. Parte (1 January 1998). "Brachymonas". LPSN. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  2. Halpern, M.; Shaked, T.; Schumann, P. (2009). "Brachymonas chironomi sp. nov., isolated from a chironomid egg mass, and emended description of the genus Brachymonas". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (12): 3025–3029. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.007211-0 . PMID   19643891.