Comamonas testosteroni

Comamonas testosteroni is a Gram-negative soil bacterium. Strain I2gfp has been used in bioaugmentation trials, in attempts to treat the industrial byproduct 3-chloroaniline.[1]

Comamonas testosteroni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Betaproteobacteria
Order:
Burkholderiales
Family:
Comamonadaceae
Genus:
Comamonas
Binomial name
Comamonas testosteroni
(Marcus and Talalay 1956)
Tamaoka et al. 1987
Synonyms

Pseudomonas testosteroni Marcus and Talalay 1956
Pseudomonas dacunhae Arima
Pseudomonas cruciviae Tamaoka, Ha, and Komagata, 1987

C testosteroni is also a component in a microbial concoction Mammoth-P, developed by Mammoth microbe, that claims to increase bioavailable phosphorus to growing plants and increase yield and stem strength in plants.

References
  1. N. Boon; J. Goris; P. De Vos; W. Verstraete; E.M. Top (July 2000). "Bioaugmentation of Activated Sludge by an Indigenous 3-Chloroaniline-Degrading Comamonas testosteroni Strain, I2gfp". Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66 (7): 2906–2913. doi:10.1128/AEM.66.7.2906-2913.2000. PMC 92090. PMID 10877785.


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