Bosea thiooxidans
| Bosea thiooxidans | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhizobiales |
| Family: | Bradyrhizobiaceae |
| Genus: | Bosea |
| Species: | B. thiooxidans |
| Binomial name | |
| Bosea thiooxidans Das et al. 1996 | |
Bosea thiooxidans is a gram-negative species of bacteria that oxidises thiosulfate, the type species of its genus. Its type strain is BI-42.[1]
References
- ↑ Das, S. K.; Mishra, A. K.; Tindall, B. J.; Rainey, F. A.; Stackebrandt, E. (1996). "Oxidation of Thiosulfate by a New Bacterium, Bosea thiooxidans. (strain BI-42) gen. nov., sp. nov.: Analysis of Phylogeny Based on Chemotaxonomy and 16S Ribosomal DNA Sequencing". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 46 (4): 981–987. doi:10.1099/00207713-46-4-981. ISSN 0020-7713.
Further reading
- Das SK, Mishra AK (1996). "Transposon mutagenesis affecting thiosulfate oxidation in Bosea thiooxidans, a new chemolithoheterotrophic bacterium.". J Bacteriol 178 (12): 3628–33. PMC 178136. PMID 8655564.
- Deb, Chirajyoti; Chakraborty, Ranadhir; Ghosh, Amar N; Mandal, Nitai C; Mukherjee, Tusharmouli; Roy, Pradosh (2003). "A generalized transducing thiophage (TPC-1) of a facultative sulfur chemolithotrophic bacterium,Bosea thiooxidansCT5, of α-Proteobacteria, isolated from Indian soil". FEMS Microbiology Letters 227 (1): 87–92. doi:10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00652-9. ISSN 0378-1097.