Polynucleobacter sinensis

Polynucleobacter duraquae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Burkholderiales
Family:	Burkholderiaceae
Genus:	Polynucleobacter
Species:	P. sinensis
Binomial name
	Polynucleobacter siensis; Hahn et al. 2016[1]
Type strain
	MWH-HuW1
Synonyms
	P. necessarius subsp. asymbioticus, Polynucleobacter sp. MWH-HuW1

Polynucleobacter sinensis is an aerobic, chemo-organotrophic, catalase- and oxidase-positive, free-living bacterium of the genus Polynucleobacter, isolated from a freshwater pond in China. The species represents planktonic bacteria (bacterioplankton) dwelling in non-acidic freshwater systems. The species name refers to the origin of the type strain from China.

References

Hahn, M.W., J. Schmidt, A. Pitt, S.J. Taipale, and E. Lang (2016) Reclassification of four Polynucleobacter necessarius strains as representatives of Polynucleobacter asymbioticus comb. nov., Polynucleobacter duraquae sp. nov., Polynucleobacter yangtzensis sp. nov. and Polynucleobacter sinensis sp. nov., and emended description of Polynucleobacter necessarius. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 66: 2883-2892. (doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001073)

External links

Type strain of Polynucleobacter sinensis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

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[1] Hahn, M.W., J. Schmidt, A. Pitt, S.J. Taipale, and E. Lang (2016) Reclassification of four Polynucleobacter necessarius strains as representatives of Polynucleobacter asymbioticus comb. nov., Polynucleobacter duraquae sp. nov., Polynucleobacter yangtzensis sp. nov. and Polynucleobacter sinensis sp. nov., and emended description of Polynucleobacter necessarius. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 66: 2883-2892. (doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001073)