Brachymonas chironomi

Brachymonas chironomi is a Gram-negative, nonmotile, aerobic, oxidase-positive, catalase-positive, chemo-organotrophic bacterium from the genus Brachymonas and family Comamonadaceae, which was isolated from a chironomid egg mass in Israel.[3] Brachymonas chironomi occur as single cells ore as pairs and sometimes as chains.[4] The colony color of B. chironomi is beige and changes after a few days into brown-beige.[5]

Brachymonas chironomi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Betaproteobacteria
Order:
Burkholderiales
Family:
Comamonadaceae
Genus:
Brachymonas
Species:
Brachymonas chironomi
Binomial name
B. chironomi
Halpern et al. 2009, sp. nov.[1]
Type strain
AIMA4, DSM 19884, Halpern AImA4, LMG 24400[2]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Retrieved 2013-05-04.
  2. http://www.straininfo.net/strains/846045
  3. Halpern, M; Shakèd, T; Schumann, P (Dec 2009). "Brachymonas chironomi sp. nov., isolated from a chironomid egg mass, and emended description of the genus Brachymonas". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 59 (Pt 12): 3025–9. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.007211-0. PMID 19643891.
  4. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/59/12/3025.full.pdf%5B%5D
  5. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/59/12/3025.full.pdf%5B%5D


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