Halomonas organivorans

Halomonas organivorans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Oceanospirillales
Family: Halomonadaceae
Genus: Halomonas
Species: H. organivorans
Binomial name
Halomonas organivorans
García et al. 2004

Halomonas organivorans is a halophile able to degrade aromatic compounds. It's considered a potentially useful bacteria for decontamination of polluted saline habitats. Its type strain is G-16.1T (=CECT 5995T =CCM 7142T).[1]

References

  1. ↑ Garcia, M. T. (2004). "Halomonas organivorans sp. nov., a moderate halophile able to degrade aromatic compounds". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (5): 1723–1728. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63114-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 15388735.

Further reading

  • Oren, Aharon (2002). Halophilic microorganisms and their environments. Kluwer Academic. ISBN 1-4020-0829-5.
  • Driessen, Arnold; Moreno, Maria de Lourdes; Sánchez-Porro, Cristina; Piubeli, Francine; Frias, Luciana; García, María Teresa; Mellado, Encarnación (2011). "Cloning, Characterization and Analysis of cat and ben Genes from the Phenol Degrading Halophilic Bacterium Halomonas organivorans". PLoS ONE. 6 (6): e21049. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021049. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3112211. PMID 21695219.
  • Guerrero, Ricardo (2013). "Halophiles and hypersaline environments. Current research and future trends". International Microbiology. 16 (1): 65–66.


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