Aquamicrobium defluvii

Aquamicrobium defluvii
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Phyllobacteriaceae
Genus: Aquamicrobium
Species:
A. defluvii
Binomial name
Aquamicrobium defluvii
Bambauer et al. 1998[1]
Type strain[2]
CFBP 6740, CIP 105610, DSM 11603, LMG 22048, NKK

Aquamicrobium defluvii is a gram-negative, oxidase- and catalase-positive, bacteria from the genus Aquamicrobium which was isolated from activated sewage sludge in Germany. Oxygen can be used as a terminal electron acceptor. Different carbons were tested but only a few sugars, fatty acids and thiophene 2-carboxylate supported growth.[3] The genomic information about these species is limited and more research is needed.[4][5] Aquamicrobium defluvii uses thiophene-2-carboxylate as its only source of carbon.[3]

References

  1. ^ LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. ^ "StrainInfo". straininfo.dsmz.de. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
  3. ^ a b Bambauer, Andreas; Rainey, Fred A.; Stackebrandt, Erko; Winter, J. (1998-04-09). "Characterization of Aquamicrobium defluvii gen. nov. sp. nov., a thiophene-2-carboxylate-metabolizing bacterium from activated sludge". Archives of Microbiology. 169 (4): 293–302. doi:10.1007/s002030050575. ISSN 0302-8933.
  4. ^ Wang, Xinxin; Jin, Decai; Zhou, Lisha; Zhang, Zhuo (2015-08-27). "Draft Genome Sequence of Aquamicrobium defluvii Strain W13Z1, a Psychrotolerant Halotolerant Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacterium". Genome Announcements. 3 (4). doi:10.1128/genomeA.00984-15. ISSN 2169-8287. PMC 4551884.
  5. ^ "Leibniz Institute DSMZ: Details". www.dsmz.de. Retrieved 2025-11-05.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s002030050575 Wang, X., Jin, D., Zhou, L., & Zhang, Z. (2015). Draft Genome Sequence of Aquamicrobium defluvii Strain W13Z1, a Psychrotolerant Halotolerant Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacterium. Genome Announcements, 3(4). https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00984-15