Cupriavidus laharis

Cupriavidus laharis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Burkholderiaceae
Genus: Cupriavidus
Species: C. laharis
Binomial name
Cupriavidus laharis
Sato et al. 2006[1]
Type strain
CCUG 53908, CIP 108726, DSM 19552, KCTC 22126, LMG 23954, LMG 23992, PNCM 10347, strain 1263a[2]

Cupriavidus laharis is a Gram-negative, oxidase- and catalase-positive, hydrogen-oxidizing, aerobic, nonspore-forming, motile bacterium with peritrichous flagella of the genus Cupriavidus and family Burkholderiaceae which was isolated from volcanic mudflow deposits on Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines.[3][4][5] Colonies of Cupriavidus laharis are opaque and white.[6]

References

  1. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature: http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/c/cupriavidus.html
  2. Straininfo of Cupriavidus laharis http://www.straininfo.net/strains/703632
  3. PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16627640
  4. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/56/5/973.full
  5. Taxonomy Browser http://www.ccug.se/exlink/taxon_browser.cfm?search=Cupriavidus%20laharis
  6. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/56/5/973.full