Chromobacterium

Chromobacterium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Neisseriales
Family: Neisseriaceae
Genus: Chromobacterium
Bergonzini 1880[1]
Type species
Chromobacterium violaceum[1]
Species

C. alkanivorans[1]
C. amazonense[1]
C. aquaticum[1]
C. haemolyticum[1]
C. piscinae[1]
C. pseudoviolaceum[1]
C. rhizoryzae[1]
C. subtsugae[1]
C. vaccinii[1]
C. violaceum[1]

Chromobacterium is a genus of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria.[2]:279 Currently, eleven species within the genus are known, two of those are Chromobacterium violaceum and Chromobacterium subtsugae;[3] the latter was discovered by scientists at the Agricultural Research Service in Beltsville, Maryland.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Parte, A.C. "Chromobacterium". www.bacterio.net.
  2. ↑ James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
  3. 1 2 Martin, Phyllis A. W.; Gundersen-Rindal, Dawn; Blackburn, Michael; Buyer, Jeffrey (May 2007). "Chromobacterium subtsugae sp. nov., a betaproteobacterium toxic to Colorado potato beetle and other insect pests". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (5): 993–999. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64611-0. PMID 17473247.


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