Polynucleobacter yangtzensis

Polynucleobacter yangtzensis is an aerobic, chemo-organotrophic, catalase- and oxidase-positive, sometimes motile, free-living bacterium of the genus Polynucleobacter, isolated from Yangtze River in the City of Nanjing (China). The species represents planktonic bacteria (bacterioplankton) dwelling in alkaline freshwater systems. The species name refers to the origin of the type strain.

Polynucleobacter yangtzensis
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P. yangtzensis
Binomial name
Polynucleobacter yangtzensis
Hahn et al. 2016[1]
Type strain
MWH-JaK3
Synonyms

P. necessarius subsp. asymbioticus, Polynucleobacter sp. MWH-JaK3

References

  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)



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