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Opitutus terrae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Division:
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 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.
  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.

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.
  • 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. {{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |last2= (help)


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