Opitutus terrae

Opitutus terrae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Verrucomicrobiota
Class:	Opitutae
Order:	Opitutales
Family:	Opitutaceae
Genus:	Opitutus
Species:	O. terrae
Binomial name
Opitutus terrae Chin et al. 2001

Opitutus terrae is an obligately anaerobic (cannot grow in the presence of oxygen) bacterium first isolated from rice paddy soil, hence its epithet. It is coccus-shaped and is motile by means of a flagellum. Its type strain is PB90-1^T (= DSM 11246^T). ^[1] Its genome has been sequenced. ^[2]

References

1. Chin, K. J.; Liesack, W.; Janssen, P. H. (2001). "Opitutus terrae gen. nov., sp. nov., to accommodate novel strains of the division 'Verrucomicrobia' isolated from rice paddy soil". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 51 (6): 1965–1968. doi: 10.1099/00207713-51-6-1965 . ISSN   1466-5026. PMID   11760935.
2. van Passel, M. W. J.; Kant, R.; Palva, A.; Copeland, A.; Lucas, S.; Lapidus, A.; Glavina del Rio, T.; Pitluck, S.; Goltsman, E.; Clum, A.; Sun, H.; Schmutz, J.; Larimer, F. W.; Land, M. L.; Hauser, L.; Kyrpides, N.; Mikhailova, N.; Richardson, P. P.; Janssen, P. H.; de Vos, W. M.; Smidt, H. (2011). "Genome Sequence of the Verrucomicrobium Opitutus terrae PB90-1, an Abundant Inhabitant of Rice Paddy Soil Ecosystems". Journal of Bacteriology. 193 (9): 2367–2368. doi:10.1128/JB.00228-11. ISSN   0021-9193. PMC   3133072 . PMID   21398538.

Further reading

• Chin, K.-J.; Janssen, P. H. (2002). "Propionate Formation by Opitutus terrae in Pure Culture and in Mixed Culture with a Hydrogenotrophic Methanogen and Implications for Carbon Fluxes in Anoxic Rice Paddy Soil". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 68 (4): 2089–2092. Bibcode:2002ApEnM..68.2089C. doi:10.1128/AEM.68.4.2089-2092.2002. ISSN   0099-2240. PMC   123890 . PMID   11916740.
• Nakajima, Masahiro; Nishimoto, Mamoru; Kitaoka, Motomitsu (2010). "Characterization of d-galactosyl-β1→4-l-rhamnose phosphorylase from Opitutus terrae". Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 46 (3–4): 315–319. doi:10.1016/j.enzmictec.2009.12.007. ISSN   0141-0229.
• van Passel, M. W. J.; et al. (March 2011). "Genome Sequence of the Verrucomicrobium Opitutus terrae PB90-1, an Abundant Inhabitant of Rice Paddy Soil Ecosystems". Journal of Bacteriology. 193 (9): 2367–2368. doi:10.1128/JB.00228-11. PMC   3133072 . PMID   21398538.

External links

• LPSN
• Type strain of Opitutus terrae at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
• microbewiki