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Comamonas nitrativorans

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Comamonas nitrativorans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Comamonadaceae
Genus: Comamonas
Species:
C. nitrativorans
Binomial name
Comamonas nitrativorans
Etchebehere et al. 2001[1]
Type strain
23310, CCT 7062, CCUG 45781, CIP 107121, DSM 13191, LMG 20949, NCCB 100007, strain 23310[2]

Comamonas nitrativorans is a Gram-negative, oxidase- and catalase-positive bacterium from the genus Comamonas, which was isolated from a denitrifying reactor treating landfill leachate.[3] C. nitrativorans has the ability to perform anoxic-reduction of nitrate, nitrite, and nitrous oxide to nitrogen.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Genus: Comamonas". Retrieved 2013-05-10.
  2. ^ "CIP 107121 Strain Passport - StrainInfo". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
  3. ^ Etchebehere, C.; Errazquin, M. I.; Dabert, P.; Moletta, R.; Muxí, L. (May 2001). "Comamonas nitrativorans sp. nov., a novel denitrifier isolated from a denitrifying reactor treating landfill leachate". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 51 (Pt 3): 977–83. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-3-977. PMID 11411724.
  4. ^ http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/51/3/977.full.pdf[permanent dead link]
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