Denitrobacterium

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Denitrobacterium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Class: Actinobacteria
Order: Coriobacteriales
Family: Coriobacteriaceae
Genus: Denitrobacterium
Anderson et al. 2000
Species

D.detoxificans

Denitrobacterium is a genus of Actinobacteria with a single species, in the family Coriobacteriaceae. Originally isolated from the bovine rumen, Denitrobacterium are non-motile and non-spore forming.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Anderson RC, Rasmussen MA, Jensen NS, Allison MJ (2000). "Denitrobacterium detoxificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a ruminal bacterium that respires on nitrocompounds". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 50 Pt 2: 633–8. PMID 10758869. 

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