Biology:Iodidimonas

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Short description: Family of bacteria

Iodidimonas
Scientific classification
Domain:
Phylum:
Class:
Subclass:
Caulobacteridae
Order:
Iodidimonadales

Iino et al. 2016[1]
Family:
Iodidimonadaceae

Iino et al. 2016[1]
Genus:
Iodidimonas

Iino et al. 2016[1]
Species[2]
  • "Iodidimonas gelatinilytica" Iino et al. 2021
  • Iodidimonas muriae Iino et al. 2016

Iodidimonas is a genus of bacteria that oxidizes iodide (I
) to iodine (I
2
). It was isolated from iodide-rich brine associated with natural gas in Kujukuri, Japan.[1][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Iodidimonas muriae gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic iodide-oxidizing bacterium isolated from brine of a natural gas and iodine recovery facility, and proposals of Iodidimonadaceae fam. nov., Iodidimonadales ord. nov., Emcibacteraceae fam. nov. and Emcibacterales ord. nov.". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 66 (12): 5016–22. 2016. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001462. PMID 27566239. 
  2. "Iodidimonas". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/iodidimonas. 
  3. Amachi, Seigo; Iino, Takao (2022). "The Genus Iodidimonas: From Its Discovery to Potential Applications". Microorganisms 10 (8): 1661. doi:10.3390/microorganisms10081661. PMID 36014078. "Esposti et al. thus hypothesized that Iodidimonas species may be a descendant of the ancestral bacteria that originated protomitochondria.". 


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