| Collimonas | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification   | |
| Domain: | Bacteria | 
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati | 
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota | 
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria | 
| Order: | Burkholderiales | 
| Family: | Oxalobacteraceae | 
| Genus: | Collimonas de Boer et al. 2004 | 
| Species [1] | |
|  Collimonas arenae  | |
Collimonas is a genus of bacteria in the family Oxalobacteraceae. [2] Culturable representatives of this genus have the ability to lyse chitin, to use fungal hyphae as a source of food, to produce antifungal molecules and to be effective at weathering . [3] [4] [5] [6]
To date, 6 species have been described Collimonas fungivorans, Collimonas pratensis, Collimonas arenae, Collimonas antrihumi, Collimonas humicola, Collimonas silvisoli. [7] [8] [9] [10]