Terrabacter ginsenosidimutans

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Terrabacter ginsenosidimutans
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Intrasporangiaceae
Genus: Terrabacter
Species:
T. ginsenosidimutans
Binomial name
Terrabacter ginsenosidimutans
An et al. 2010 [1]

Terrabacter ginsenosidimutans is a species of Gram-positive, nonmotile, non-endospore-forming bacteria. [1] Cells are short rods. It was initially isolated from ginseng soil from a farm near Pocheon, South Korea. The species was first described in 2010, and its name refers the bacteria's ability to transform ginsenosides into rare gypenosides.

The optimum growth temperature for T. ginsenosidimutans is 30 °C and can grow in the 10-40 °C range. The optimum pH is 7.0 and can grow in pH 5.0-10.0. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 An, D.-S.; Cui, C.-H.; Lee, H.-G.; Wang, L.; Kim, S. C.; Lee, S.-T.; Jin, F.; Yu, H.; Chin, Y.-W.; Lee, H.-K.; Im, W.-T.; Kim, S.-G. (9 July 2010). "Identification and Characterization of a Novel Terrabacter ginsenosidimutans sp. nov. -Glucosidase That Transforms Ginsenoside Rb1 into the Rare Gypenosides XVII and LXXV". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 76 (17): 5827–5836. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00106-10 . PMC   2935048 .