Chromohalobacter beijerinckii
 |
| Chromohalobacter beijerinckii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | |
| Binomial name | |
| Chromohalobacter beijerinckii (Hof 1935)
Peçonek et al. 2006 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Pseudomonas beijerinckii Hof 1935 | |
Chromohalobacter beijerinckii is a motile, rod-like, salt-loving, Gram-negative soil bacterium, 0.4–0.6 μm by 1.8–2.5 μm.
The bacterium was isolated in 1935 by T. Hof from fermented salted beans preserved in brine.[1] Hof named it Pseudomonas beijerinckii and identified it as the organism responsible for the purple color of that food. The pigment was the calcium salt of tetrahydroxy-p-benzoquinone Ca2C6O6, derived from the beans' myo-inositol.[2][3][4] The bacterium thrives in media with salt (NaCl) concentrations ranging from 0.35% to 25%; the optimum growth occurs at 8 to 10% NaCl, pH 7.5, and 35 °C.[5][6]
Reclassification[edit]
In 2006, comparison of the DNAs of P. beijerinckii's DNA with that of other Chromohalobacter bacteria indicated that it definitely belonged to that genus, and in fact was virtually identical to a species of Chromohalobacter recently isolated from salted herring of the Baltic Sea. Therefore the name was changed to Chromohalobacter beijerinckii.[5] It is very similar but distinct from the species Chromohalobacter japonicus, isolated in 2007 from a Japanese salty food.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ Hof, T. (1935). Recueil des travaux botaniques néerlandais [Collection of Dutch botanical works] (in French). Vol. 32. New Zealand: F.E. Macdonald; Dutch Botanical Society. p. 92. OCLC 312975183.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ A J Kluyver, T Hof, A G J Boezaardt (1939), On the Pigment of Pseudomonas Beijerinckii Hof
- ^ (1945) Vitamins and Hormones: Advances in Research and Applications, vol. 3
- ^ Leland Alfred Underkofler, Richard James Hickey (1954), Industrial fermentations
- ^ a b Janina Peçonek, Claudia Gruber, Virginia Gallego, Antonio Ventosa, Hans-Jürgen Busse, Peter Kämpfer, Christian Radax, and Helga Stan-Lotter (2006), Reclassification of Pseudomonas beijerinckii Hof 1935 as Chromohalobacter beijerinckii comb. nov., and emended description of the species. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, volume 56, 1953–1957. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64355-0
- ^ Antonio Ventosa, Joaquín J.Nieto, and Aharon Oren (1998), Biology of Moderately Halophilic Aerobic Bacteria. MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS, Vol. 62, No. 2, June 1998, p. 504–544.
- ^ Cristina Sanches-Porro, Hiroo Tokunaga, Masao Tokunaga, and Antonio Ventosa (2007): Chromohalobacter japonicus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a Japanese salty food. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, vol. 57 (10), pp. 2262-2266.
External links[edit]