Brachybacterium phenoliresistens

Brachybacterium phenoliresistens is a species of Gram positive, facultatively anaerobic, yellow-pigmented bacterium. The cells are coccoid during the stationary phase, and irregular rods during the exponential phase. It was first isolated from oil-contaminated sand in Pingtung County, Taiwan. The species was first described in 2007, and its name refers to the species' ability to resist phenol. It is most closely related to B. nesterenkovii.[1]

Brachybacterium phenoliresistens
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Actinobacteria
Class:
Actinobacteria
Family:
Dermabacteraceae
Genus:
Brachybacterium
Species:
B. phenoliresistens
Binomial name
Brachybacterium phenoliresistens
Chou 2007

The optimum growth temperature for B. phenoliresistens is 28 to 35 °C (82 to 95 °F), but can grow at 4 to 40 °C (39 to 104 °F). The optimum pH is 7.0, and it can grow at pH 5.0-10.0.[1]

References
  1. Chou, J.-H; Lin, K.-Y; Lin, M.-C; Sheu, S.-Y; Wei, Y.-H; Arun, A. B; Young, C.-C; Chen, W.-M (2007). "Brachybacterium phenoliresistens sp. nov., isolated from oil-contaminated coastal sand". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (11): 2674–9. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65019-0. PMID 17978239.


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