Variovorax | |
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Genus: | Variovorax Willems et al. 1991 [1] |
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Variovorax paradoxus [1] | |
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V. boronicumulans [1] |
Variovorax is a Gram-negative and motile genus of bacteria from the family Comamonadaceae. It belongs to the class called Betaproteobacteria. [1] [2] [3] It is an aerobic bacteria and most of its species is found in soil and freshwater. [4] The demographic distribution of this species is primarily in Europe, Asia and the Americas, as well as the polar regions. [5] Its designated species is Variovorax paradoxus which arose from the species Alcaligenes paradoxus being grouped under the Variovorax genus. [6] Variovorax paradoxus constitutes to the methylotrophic microbiota of the human mouth. [7]
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