Opitutus terrae

Opitutus terrae
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Verrucomicrobia
Class: Verrucomicrobiae
Order: Verrucomicrobiales
Family: Opitutaceae
Genus: Opitutus
Species: O. terrae
Binomial name
Opitutus terrae
Chin et al. 2001

Opitutus terrae is an obligately anaerobic (can survive in absence of air) bacteria 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 PB90-1T (= DSM 11246T).[1] Its genome has been sequenced.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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. doi:10.1128/AEM.68.4.2089-2092.2002. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 123890.
  • 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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