Yeosuana

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Yeosuana aromativorans
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Yeosuana

Kwon et al. 2006
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Y. aromativorans
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Yeosuana aromativorans
Kwon et al. 2006

Yeosuana aromativorans is a species of non-motile aerobic marine bacterium that can degrade benzopyrene. It was first isolated from Gwangyang Bay and forms yellow-brown colonies requiring chlorides of both magnesium and calcium. [1]

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References

  1. K.K. Kwon; H.-S. Lee; H.-B. Jung; J.-H. Kang & S.-J. Kim (2006). "Yeosuana aromativorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic marine bacterium belonging to the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from estuarine sediment of the South Sea, Korea". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 56 (Pt 4): 727–732. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.64073-0 . PMID   16585684.