Biology:Neptunomonas naphthovorans

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Short description: Species of bacterium

Neptunomonas naphthovorans
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Oceanospirillales
Family: Oceanospirillaceae
Genus: Neptunomonas
Species:
N. naphthovorans
Binomial name
Neptunomonas naphthovorans
Hedlund et al. 1999

Neptunomonas naphthovorans is a species of bacteria.[1] It is notable for utilising naphthalene as a sole carbon and energy source. Its type strain is NAG-2N-126.

References

  1. Hedlund, Brian P., et al. "Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation by a new marine bacterium, Neptunomonas naphthovorans gen. nov., sp. nov."Applied and Environmental Microbiology 65.1 (1999): 251-259.

Further reading

  • Whitman, William B., et al., eds. Bergey's manual® of systematic bacteriology. Vol. 5. Springer, 2012.
  • Dworkin, Martin, and Stanley Falkow, eds. The Prokaryotes: Vol. 6: Proteobacteria: Gamma Subclass. Vol. 6. Springer, 2006.
  • Hedlund, B. P.; Costa, K. C. (2010). "Neptunomonas". Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology. pp. 1773–1779. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-77587-4_127. ISBN 978-3-540-77584-3. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16986458 entry