Ralstonia eutropha
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| Ralstonia eutropha (Davis 1969) Yabuuchi et al. 1996 |
Ralstonia eutropha is a Gram-negative soil bacterium[1].
R. eutropha is known to produce and sequester polyhydroxyalkanoate plastics when exposed to excess amounts of sugar substrate. PHA can accumulate to levels of approximately 90% of the cell's dry weight.
[edit] References
- ^ Yabuuchi et al. (1995). "Transfer of two Burkholderia and an Alcaligenes species to Ralstonia gen. nov.: proposal of Ralstonia pickettii (Ralston, Palleroni and Doudoroff 1973) comb. nov., Ralstonia solanacearum (Smith 1896) comb. nov. and Ralstonia eutropha (Davis 1969) comb. nov.". Microbiol Immunol 39: 897–904. PMID 8657018.
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