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Rubrivivax benzoatilyticus

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Rubrivivax benzoatilyticus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Comamonadaceae
Genus: Rubrivivax
Species:
R. benzoatilyticus
Binomial name
Rubrivivax benzoatilyticus
Ramana et al., 2006

Rubrivivax benzoatilyticus is a bacterium that can make use of light or aromatic compounds for growth. It produces brown colonies.

The aromatic compounds that can be consumed as food for this bacteria are benzoic acid, 2-aminobenzoic acid (anthranilate), 4-aminobenzoic acid, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, phthalate, phenylalanine, trans-cinnamate, benzamide, salicylate, cyclohexanone, cyclohexanol and cyclohexane-2-carboxylate.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Ramana, Ch. V. (1 September 2006). "Rubrivivax benzoatilyticus sp. nov., an aromatic, hydrocarbon-degrading purple betaproteobacterium". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (9): 2157–2164. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64209-0. PMID 16957114.
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