| Citricoccus nitrophenolicus |
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Phylum Actinomycetota, Class Actinomycetes, Order Micrococcales, Family Micrococcaceae, Genus Citricoccus, Citricoccus
nitrophenolicus Nielsen et al. 2012.
Description is based on a single isolate.
nitrophenolicus Nielsen et al. 2012.
Description is based on a single isolate.
Gram-positive cocci. Non-motile. Non-sporeforming.
Colonies on agar medium are bright yellow, circular and smooth. Grow optimally at
27 ºC, at pH 8-8.5, at salinities 3% (w/v) NaCl. Halotolerant, growing at salinities up to
17% (w/v) NaCl. Strictly aerobic. Grow on Blood agar.
27 ºC, at pH 8-8.5, at salinities 3% (w/v) NaCl. Halotolerant, growing at salinities up to
17% (w/v) NaCl. Strictly aerobic. Grow on Blood agar.
Isolated from a wastewater treatment plant at a pesticide factory in Denmark.
Undetermined.
- Nielsen, M.B., Kjeldsen, K.U. & Ingvorsen, K. Description of Citricoccus nitrophenolicus sp. nov., a para-nitrophenol degrading
actinobacterium isolated from a wastewater treatment plant and emended description of the genus Citricoccus Altenburger et al.
2002. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 99, 489–499 (2011) doi:10.1007/s10482-010-9513-6 [abstract]
Can utilize para-nitrophenol and acetate as the sole carbon and energy source.
(c) Costin Stoica
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