Roseateles depolymerans

Roseateles depolymerans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Comamonadaceae
Genus: Roseateles
Species:
R. depolymerans
Binomial name
Roseateles depolymerans
Suyama et al. 1999[1]
Type strain
CCUG 48747, CCUG 52219, DSM 11813, NCIMB 13588[2]

Roseateles depolymerans is an aerobic photosynthetic bacterium from the genus Roseateles, which was isolated from river water (Hanamuro River, Tsukuba, Japan).

R. depolymerans is a bacteriochlorophyll a-containing obligate aerobe in the β-subclass of the Proteobacteria. The cells are motile, straight rods, and they contain poly-β-hydroxybutyrate granules.

R. depolymerans is characterised by the ability to biodegrade the material poly(hexamethylene carbonate) (PHC), and some other biodegradable plastics.[3]

References

  1. "Genus Roseateles". List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  2. "Strain Passport DSM 11813 Roseateles depolymerans". StrainInfo. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  3. Suyama, T.; Shigematsu, T.; Takaichi, S.; Nodasaka, Y.; Fujikawa, S.; Hosoya, H.; Tokiwa, Y.; Kanagawa, T.; Hanada, S. (1999). "Roseateles depolymerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacteriochlorophyll a-containing obligate aerobe belonging to the subclass of the Proteobacteria". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 49 (2): 449–57. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-2-449. PMID 10319464.