Deinobacterium

Deinobacterium is a genus in the Deinococcus-Thermus group (Bacteria). Not to be confused with Deinobacter, a disused name for Deinococcus.

Etymology

The name Deinobacterium derives from:
Greek adjective deinos (δεινός), dreadful, strange; New Latin neuter gender noun bacterium, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium; New Latin masculine gender noun Deinobacterium, strange bacterium.

Species

The genus contains a single species, namely D. chartae ( Ekman et al. 2011, (Type species of the genus).; Latin genitive case noun chartae, of/from paper.) This bacterium is:^[1]

• rod-shaped
• non-spore-forming
• non-motile, aerobic
• oxidase and catalase-positive
• radiation-resistant bacterium
• pale pink colonies on oligotrophic medium at 12 to 50 °C (optimum 37 to 45 °C) and at pH 6 to 10.3
• peptidoglycan type A3β with L-Orn–Gly–Gly
• quinone: MK-8
• CG 67%
• isolated from biofilm collected from a Finnish paper mill

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

References