Tolumonas

Tolumonas
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Eubacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Aeromonadales
Family: Aeromonadaceae
Genus: Tolumonas
Fischer-Romero et al. 1996
Species

T. auensis
T. osonensis

Tolumonas is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria.[1][2] It grows under aerobic and anaerobic conditions and is nonmotile.[2] The cells are rods and occur in pairs or singly.[2] It is known for one of its species biological bacterial production of toluene from phenylalanine and other phenyl precursors[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Euzéby, J. P. "List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature". Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Don J. Brenner; Noel R. Krieg; James T. Staley (July 26, 2005) [1984(Williams & Wilkins)]. George M. Garrity, ed. The Gammaproteobacteria. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2B (2nd ed.). New York: Springer. p. 1108. ISBN 978-0-387-24144-9. British Library no. GBA561951.
  3. ↑ Fischer, C (January 1996). "Tolumonas auensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a toluene-producing bacterium from anoxic sediments of a freshwater lake". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 46: 183–8. PMID 8573493. doi:10.1099/00207713-46-1-183.
  4. ↑ Chertkov, Olga. "Complete genome sequence of Tolumonas Auensis". Retrieved 1 September 2012.


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