Tolumonas

Tolumonas is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria.[2][3] It grows under aerobic and anaerobic conditions and is nonmotile.[3] The cells are rods and occur in pairs or singly.[3] It is known for one of its species biological bacterial production of toluene from phenylalanine and other phenyl precursors[4][5]

Tolumonas
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Aeromonadales
Family: Aeromonadaceae
Genus: Tolumonas
Fischer-Romero et al. 1996
Species

Tolumonas auensis
Tolumonas lignilytica[1]
Tolumonas osonensis

References
  1. Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (7 October 2016). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomic Abstract for the species". NamesforLife, LLC. doi:10.1601/tx.29337. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Euzéby, J. P. "List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature". Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  3. Don J. Brenner; Noel R. Krieg; James T. Staley (July 26, 2005) [1984(Williams & Wilkins)]. George M. Garrity (ed.). The Gammaproteobacteria. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2B (2nd ed.). New York: Springer. p. 1108. ISBN 978-0-387-24144-9. British Library no. GBA561951.
  4. Fischer, C (January 1996). "Tolumonas auensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a toluene-producing bacterium from anoxic sediments of a freshwater lake". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 46 (1): 183–8. doi:10.1099/00207713-46-1-183. PMID 8573493.
  5. Chertkov, Olga. "Complete genome sequence of Tolumonas Auensis". Retrieved 1 September 2012.


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