Achromobacter

Achromobacter
Achromobacter xylosoxidans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Beta Proteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Alcaligenaceae
Genus: Achromobacter
Yabuuchi and Yano 1981
Type species
Achromobacter xylosoxidans
Species

A. arsenitoxydans
A. cholinophagum
A. clevelandea
A. cycloclastes
A. denitrificans
A. insolitus
A. lyticus
A. marplatensis
A. obae
A. piechaudii
A. ruhlandii
A. spanius
A. xylosoxidans

Achromobacter is a genus of bacteria, included in the family Alcaligenaceae in the order Burkholderiales. The cells are Gram-negative straight rods and are motile by using one to 20 peritrichous flagella. They are strictly aerobic and are found in water (fresh and marine) and soils.[1] They have also been identified as a contaminant in laboratory cell cultures.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-24145-6.
  2. ↑ Gray, JS; Birmingham, JM; Fenton, JI (2010). "Got black swimming dots in your cell culture? Identification of Achromobacter as a novel cell culture contaminant". Biologicals : journal of the International Association of Biological Standardization 38 (2): 273–277. doi:10.1016/j.biologicals.2009.09.006. PMC 2849847. PMID 19926304.