Comamonas terrae

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Comamonas terrae
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Comamonadaceae
Genus: Comamonas
Species:
C. terrae
Binomial name
Comamonas terrae
Chitpirom et al. 2012, sp. nov. [1]
Type strain
A3-3, NBRC 106524, TISTR 1906 [2]

Comamonas terrae is a bacterium from the genus Comamonas , which was isolated from agricultural soil in Thailand. C. terrae has an arsenite-oxidizing ability. [3]

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References

  1. "Genus: Comamonas" . Retrieved 2013-05-10.
  2. "NBRC 106524 Strain Passport - StrainInfo". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
  3. Chipirom, K; Tanasupawat, S; Akaracharanya, A; Leepepatpiboon, N; Prange, A; Kim, KW; Chul Lee, K; Lee, JS (2012). "Comamonas terrae sp. nov., an arsenite-oxidizing bacterium isolated from agricultural soil in Thailand". J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 58 (3): 245–51. doi: 10.2323/jgam.58.245 . PMID   22878742.