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Pontibacter indicus

Pontibacter indicus is a bacterium from the genus Pontibacter which has been isolated from soil which was contaminated with hexachlorocyclohexane in Lucknow in India.

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Pontibacter indicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Bacteroidota
Class: Cytophagia
Order: Cytophagales
Family: Hymenobacteraceae
Genus: Pontibacter
Species:
P. indicus
Binomial name
Pontibacter indicus
Singh et al. 20141
Type strain2
CCM8435, MCC2027, LP100

Pontibacter indicus is a bacterium from the genus Pontibacter which has been isolated from soil which was contaminated with hexachlorocyclohexane in Lucknow in India.1234

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References

  1. Parte, A.C. "Pontibacter". LPSN.
  2. "Pontibacter indicus". www.uniprot.org.
  3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (2014). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Nomenclature Abstract for Pontibacter indicus Singh et al. 2014". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.24998.
  4. Singh, A. K.; Garg, N.; Lata, P.; Kumar, R.; Negi, V.; Vikram, S.; Lal, R. (19 September 2013). "Pontibacter indicus sp. nov., isolated from hexachlorocyclohexane-contaminated soil". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 64 (Pt 1): 254–259. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.055319-0. PMID 24052629.