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Comamonas terrigena

Comamonas terrigena is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium from the genus Comamonas and the family of Comamonadaceae, which was isolated from contaminated soil in Slovakia. C. terrigena has the ability to degrade phenols.

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Comamonas terrigena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Comamonadaceae
Genus: Comamonas
Species:
C. terrigena
Binomial name
Comamonas terrigena
De Vos et al. 1985, sp. nov., nom. rev.1
Type strain
NCTC 1937, CCUG 15327, CCUG 2185, CIP 63.44, LMG 1253, LMG 5929, M. Veron 31, NCIB 8193, NRRL B-1055, NRRL B-781, R. Hugh 2472

Comamonas terrigena is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium from the genus Comamonas and the family of Comamonadaceae, which was isolated from contaminated soil in Slovakia.3 C. terrigena has the ability to degrade phenols.4

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  1. "Genus: Comamonas". Retrieved 2013-05-10.
  2. "ATCC 8461 Strain Browser - StrainInfo". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
  3. Zámocký, M; Godocíková, J; Koller, F; Polek, B (2001). "Potential application of catalase-peroxidase from Comamonas terrigena N3H in the biodegradation of phenolic compounds". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 79 (2): 109–17. doi:10.1023/A:1010294130534. PMID 11519996. S2CID 4646570.
  4. Zámocký, M; Godocíková, J; Koller, F; Polek, B (2001). "Potential application of catalase-peroxidase from Comamonas terrigena N3H in the biodegradation of phenolic compounds". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 79 (2): 109–17. doi:10.1023/A:1010294130534. PMID 11519996. S2CID 4646570.
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