Comamonas testosteroni

Comamonas testosteroni is a Gram-negative soil bacterium. Strain I2gfp has been used in bioaugmentation trials, in attempts to treat the industrial byproduct 3-chloroaniline.[1]

Comamonas testosteroni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Comamonadaceae
Genus: Comamonas
Species:
C. testosteroni
Binomial name
Comamonas testosteroni
(Marcus and Talalay 1956) Tamaoka et al. 1987
Synonyms
  • Pseudomonas testosteroni Marcus and Talalay 1956
  • Pseudomonas dacunhae Arima
  • Pseudomonas cruciviae Tamaoka, Ha, and Komagata, 1987

This species can also digest plastic.[2]

References
  1. N. Boon; J. Goris; P. De Vos; W. Verstraete; E.M. Top (July 2000). "Bioaugmentation of Activated Sludge by an Indigenous 3-Chloroaniline-Degrading Comamonas testosteroni Strain, I2gfp". Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66 (7): 2906–2913. Bibcode:2000ApEnM..66.2906B. doi:10.1128/AEM.66.7.2906-2913.2000. PMC 92090. PMID 10877785.
  2. Wilkes, Rebecca A.; Waldbauer, Jacob; Caroll, Austin; Nieto-Domínguez, Manuel; Parker, Darren J; Zhang, Lichun; Guss, Adam M.; Aristilde, Ludmilla (6 February 2023). "Complex regulation in a Comamonas platform for diverse aromatic carbon metabolism". Nature Chemical Biology. Springer Nature: 1–12. doi:10.1038/s41589-022-01237-7. ISSN 1552-4469. PMID 36747056. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.


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