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Stappia

Stappia is a genus of bacteria in the order Hyphomicrobiales. Some members of the genus oxidize carbon monoxide (CO) aerobically. Stappia indica is a diatom associated bacterium which is known to inhibit the growth of diatoms such as Thalassiosira pseudonana.

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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Stappiaceae
Genus: Stappia
Uchino et al. 1999
Type species
Stappia stellulata (Rüger and Höfle 1992) Uchino et al. 1999
Species
  • "Stappia aquimarina" Chen et al. 2010
  • "Stappia carboxidovorans" Weber and King 2007
  • "Stappia conradae" Weber and King 2007
  • Stappia indica Lai et al. 2010
  • "Stappia kahanamokuae" Weber and King 2007
  • "Stappia meyerae" Weber and King 2007
  • Stappia stellulata (Rüger and Höfle 1992) Uchino et al. 1999
  • Stappia taiwanensis Kämpfer et al. 2013

Stappia is a genus of bacteria in the order Hyphomicrobiales.1 Some members of the genus (now transferred to Labrenzia) oxidize carbon monoxide (CO) aerobically.2 Stappia indica is a diatom associated bacterium which is known to inhibit the growth of diatoms such as Thalassiosira pseudonana.3

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References

  1. See the NCBI webpage on Stappia. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. King, Gary; Weber, Carolyn (2007). "Distribution, diversity and ecology of aerobic CO-oxidizing bacteria". Nature Reviews Microbiology. 5 (2): 107–118. doi:10.1038/nrmicro1595. PMID 17224920. S2CID 2683672.
  3. Nair, Shailesh; et al. (8 March 2022). "A Novel Phage Indirectly Regulates Diatom Growth by Infecting a Diatom-Associated Biofilm-Forming Bacterium". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 88 (5) e02138-21: e0213821. Bibcode:2022ApEnM..88E2138N. doi:10.1128/AEM.02138-21. PMC 8904054. PMID 35020448.
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