Aromatoleum
| Aromatoleum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Beta Proteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhodocyclales |
| Family: | Rhodocyclaceae |
| Genus: | Aromatoleum |
| Species | |
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Aromatoleum aromaticum | |
"Aromatoleum" is a genus of proteobacteria capable of microbial biodegradation of organic pollutants. The ~4.7 Mb genome of the facultative denitrifying "Aromatoleum aromaticum" strain EbN1 was the first to be determined for an anaerobic hydrocarbon degrader (using toluene or ethylbenzene as substrates). The genome sequence revealed about two dozen gene clusters (including several paralogs) coding for a complex catabolic network for anaerobic and aerobic degradation of aromatic compounds. The genome sequence forms the basis for current detailed studies on regulation of pathways and enzyme structures.[1]
The strain EbN1 has not been described in detail, therefore, according to the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria,[2] the name "Aromatoleum aromaticum" is not valid (cf.[3]) and is officially it is referred to Azoarcus sp. EbN1 as it belongs to the Azoarcus/Thauera cluster.[4] The discovery of the strain was published in 1995,[5] and was subsequently referred to in the literature as "Aromatoleum aromaticum" and cited as "(Rabus, unpublished data)".[4]
References
- ↑ McLeod MP and Eltis LD (2008). "Genomic Insights Into the Aerobic Pathways for Degradation of Organic Pollutants". Microbial Biodegradation: Genomics and Molecular Biology. Caister Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-904455-17-2.
- ↑ Lapage, S.; Sneath, P.; Lessel, E.; Skerman, V.; Seeliger, H.; Clark, W. (1992). International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria: Bacteriological Code, 1990 Revision. Washington, D.C.: ASM Press. PMID 21089234.
- ↑ index entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655.]
- 1 2 Wöhlbrand, L.; Kallerhoff, B.; Lange, D.; Hufnagel, P.; Thiermann, J. R.; Reinhardt, R.; Rabus, R. (2007). "Functional proteomic view of metabolic regulation in "Aromatoleum aromaticum" strain EbN1". Proteomics 7 (13): 2222–2239. doi:10.1002/pmic.200600987. PMID 17549795.
- ↑ Rabus, R.; Widdel, F. (1995). "Anaerobic degradation of ethylbenzene and other aromatic hydrocarbons by new denitrifying bacteria". Archives of microbiology 163 (2): 96–103. PMID 7710331.