Limnobacter

Limnobacter is a genus of Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, aerobic, oxidase- and catalase-positive, motile bacteria with a single polar flagellum, of the family Burkholderiaceae and class Betaproteobacteria.[3][4] Limnobacter species have the ability to oxidize thiosulfate.[5]

Limnobacter
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Beta Proteobacteria
Order:
Burkholderiales
Family:
Burkholderiaceae
Genus:
Limnobacter

Spring et al. 2001[1]
Type species
Limnobacter thiooxidans[2]
Species

Limnobacter litoralis
Limnobacter thiooxidans

References
  1. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/l/limnobacter.html
  2. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/l/limnobacter.html
  3. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/61/2/404.full#ref-16
  4. eol http://eol.org/pages/98284/overview
  5. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/61/2/404.full#ref-16


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