Thauera butanivorans

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Thauera butanivorans
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Rhodocyclales
Family: Zoogloeaceae
Genus: Thauera
Species:
T. butanivorans
Binomial name
Thauera butanivorans
(ex Takahashi et al. 1980) Dubbels et al. 2009 [1]
Type strain
Bu-B1211 [2]

Thauera butanivorans is a species of Gram-negative bacteria capable of growth on alkanes C2-C9, but not methane, as well as other organic substrates such as lactate, acetate, succinate and citrate. To grow on alkanes, this bacterium expresses a soluble di-iron monooxygenase closely related to soluble methane monooxygenase from methanotrophs.

It was originally described as Pseudomonas butanovora in 1980. Following 16S rRNA phylogenetic analysis, it was determined that P. butanovora belonged in the Thauera rRNA lineage, and is now referred to by its official name, Thauera butanivorans. [2]

References

  1. "Species: Thauera butanivorans". lpsn.dsmz.de.
  2. 1 2 Dubbels; et al. (2009). "Thauera butanivorans sp. nov., a C2-C9 alkane-oxidizing bacterium previously referred to as 'Pseudomonas butanovora'". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 59 (Pt 7): 1576–8. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.000638-0. PMC   2889399 . PMID   19528200.