Roseateles depolymerans

Roseateles depolymerans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Beta Proteobacteria
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.


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