| Opitutus terrae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Verrucomicrobiota |
| Class: | Opitutae |
| Order: | Opitutales |
| Family: | Opitutaceae |
| Genus: | Opitutus |
| Species: | O. terrae |
| Binomial name | |
| Opitutus terrae Chin et al. 2001 | |
Opitutus terrae is an obligately anaerobic (cannot grow in the presence of oxygen) bacterium first isolated from rice paddy soil, hence its epithet. It is coccus-shaped and is motile by means of a flagellum. Its type strain is PB90-1 (= DSM 11246). Its genome has been sequenced.
References
- Chin, K. J.; Liesack, W.; Janssen, P. H. (2001). "Opitutus terrae gen. nov., sp. nov., to accommodate novel strains of the division 'Verrucomicrobia' isolated from rice paddy soil". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 51 (6): 1965–1968. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-6-1965. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 11760935.
- van Passel, M. W. J.; Kant, R.; Palva, A.; Copeland, A.; Lucas, S.; Lapidus, A.; Glavina del Rio, T.; Pitluck, S.; Goltsman, E.; Clum, A.; Sun, H.; Schmutz, J.; Larimer, F. W.; Land, M. L.; Hauser, L.; Kyrpides, N.; Mikhailova, N.; Richardson, P. P.; Janssen, P. H.; de Vos, W. M.; Smidt, H. (2011). "Genome Sequence of the Verrucomicrobium Opitutus terrae PB90-1, an Abundant Inhabitant of Rice Paddy Soil Ecosystems". Journal of Bacteriology. 193 (9): 2367–2368. doi:10.1128/JB.00228-11. ISSN 0021-9193. PMC 3133072. PMID 21398538.
Further reading
- Chin, K.-J.; Janssen, P. H. (2002). "Propionate Formation by Opitutus terrae in Pure Culture and in Mixed Culture with a Hydrogenotrophic Methanogen and Implications for Carbon Fluxes in Anoxic Rice Paddy Soil". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 68 (4): 2089–2092. Bibcode:2002ApEnM..68.2089C. doi:10.1128/AEM.68.4.2089-2092.2002. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 123890. PMID 11916740.
- Nakajima, Masahiro; Nishimoto, Mamoru; Kitaoka, Motomitsu (2010). "Characterization of d-galactosyl-β1→4-l-rhamnose phosphorylase from Opitutus terrae". Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 46 (3–4): 315–319. doi:10.1016/j.enzmictec.2009.12.007. ISSN 0141-0229.
- van Passel, M. W. J.; et al. (March 2011). "Genome Sequence of the Verrucomicrobium Opitutus terrae PB90-1, an Abundant Inhabitant of Rice Paddy Soil Ecosystems". Journal of Bacteriology. 193 (9): 2367–2368. doi:10.1128/JB.00228-11. PMC 3133072. PMID 21398538.
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