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Brevundimonas

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Brevundimonas
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Brevundimonas

Segers et al. 1994
Species

B. abyssalis[1]
B. alba
B. albigilva[1]
B. aurantiaca
B. aveniformis[1]
B. bacteroides
B. balnearis[1]
B. basaltis[1]
B. bullata[1]
B. canariensis[1]
B. denitrificans[1]
B. diminuta
B. faecalis[1]
B. fluminis
B. goettingensis
B. halotolerans[1]
B. humi
B. intermedia
B. kwangchunensis
B. lenta[1]
B. lutea[1]
B. mediterranea
B. mongoliensis
B. naejangsanensis[1]
B. nasdae
B. poindexterae[1]
B. pondensis
B. staleyi[1]
B. subvibrioides
B. terrae
B. vancanneytii[1]
B. variabilis
B. vesicularis
B. viscosa[1]

The Brevundimonas are a genus of bacteria. They are Gram-negative, non-fermenting, aerobic bacilli. The Brevundimonas species are ubiquitous in the environment but are rarely isolated from clinical samples.,[2] although numbers are increasing.[3] Two species of Brevundimonas originally classified under the genus Pseudomonas have been re-classified by Seger et al. as Brevundimonas vesicularis and Brevundimonas diminuta.[4]

Etymology

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The name Brevundimonas derives from:   Latin adjective brevis, short; Latin feminine gender noun unda, a wave; Latin feminine gender noun monas (μονάς), nominally meaning "a unit", but in effect meaning a bacterium; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Brevundimonas, bacteria with short wavelength flagella.[1]

Members of the genus Brevundimonas can be referred to as brevundimonad (viz. Trivialisation of names).

Survival on Mars

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Brevundimonas is one of few bacteria showing high survival rates under simulated Martian conditions.[5] Results from one of these experimental irradiation experiments, combined with previous radiation modeling, indicate that Brevundimonas sp. MV.7 em-placed only 30 cm deep in Martian dust could survive the cosmic radiation for up to 100,000 years before suffering 106 population reduction.[clarification needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Brevundimonas in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
  2. ^ Lee MR, Huang YT, Liao CH, Chuang TY, Lin CK, Lee SW, et al. (October 2011). "Bacteremia caused by Brevundimonas species at a tertiary care hospital in Taiwan, 2000-2010". European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 30 (10): 1185–91. doi:10.1007/s10096-011-1210-5. PMID 21461849.
  3. ^ Ryan MP, Pembroke JT (January 2018). "Brevundimonas spp: Emerging global opportunistic pathogens". Virulence. 9 (1): 480–493. doi:10.1080/21505594.2017.1419116. PMC 5955483. PMID 29484917.
  4. ^ Panasiti V, Devirgiliis V, Mancini M, Curzio M, Rossi M, Fioriti D, et al. (April 2008). "A cutaneous infection caused by Brevundimonas vesicularis: a case report". International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology. 21 (2): 457–61. doi:10.1177/039463200802100226. PMID 18547490.
  5. ^ Dartnell LR, Hunter SJ, Lovell KV, Coates AJ, Ward JM (September 2010). "Low-temperature ionizing radiation resistance of Deinococcus radiodurans and Antarctic Dry Valley bacteria". Astrobiology. 10 (7): 717–32. Bibcode:2010AsBio..10..717D. doi:10.1089/ast.2009.0439. PMID 20950171.