Collimonas

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Collimonas | authority = de Boer et al. 2004 | type_species = | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision_ref = <ref name="eol.org">[http://eol.org/pages/11723202/overview ''Collimonas arenae'' - Information on ''Collimonas arenae'' - Encyclopedia of Life]</ref> | subdivision = ''Collimonas arenae''<br> ''Collimonas fungivorans''<br> ''Collimonas pratensis'' }}

'''''Collimonas''''' is a genus of bacteria in the family Oxalobacteraceae.<ref name="pmid15143036">{{cite journal |vauthors=de Boer W, Leveau JH, Kowalchuk GA, Klein Gunnewiek PJ, Abeln EC, Figge MJ, Sjollema K, Janse JD, van Veen JA |title=''Collimonas fungivorans'' gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitinolytic soil bacterium with the ability to grow on living fungal hyphae |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |volume=54 |issue=Pt 3 |pages=857–64 |year=2004 |pmid=15143036 |doi=10.1099/ijs.0.02920-0 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Culturable representatives of this genus have the ability to lyse chitin, to use fungal hyphae as a source of food, to produce antifungal molecules and to weather minerals .<ref>[http://www.ebi.ac.uk/arrayexpress/experiments/E-MTAB-349 E-MTAB-349 < Experiments < ArrayExpress < EMBL-EBI]</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Akum |first1=Fidele N. |last2=Kumar |first2=Ravi |last3=Lai |first3=Gary |last4=Williams |first4=Catherine H. |last5=Doan |first5=Hung K. |last6=Leveau |first6=Johan H.J. |date=July 2021 |title=Identification of Collimonas gene loci involved in the biosynthesis of a diffusible secondary metabolite with broad‐spectrum antifungal activity and plant‐protective properties |journal=Microbial Biotechnology |language=en |volume=14 |issue=4 |pages=1367–1384 |doi=10.1111/1751-7915.13716 |pmid=33347710 |pmc=8313283 |issn=1751-7915}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Uroz |first1=S. |last2=Calvaruso |first2=C. |last3=Turpault |first3=M.P. |last4=Sarniguet |first4=A. |last5=de Boer |first5=W. |last6=Leveau |first6=J.H.J. |last7=Frey-Klett |first7=P. |date=October 2009 |title=Efficient mineral weathering is a distinctive functional trait of the bacterial genus Collimonas |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0038071709002909 |journal=Soil Biology and Biochemistry |language=en |volume=41 |issue=10 |pages=2178–2186 |doi=10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.07.031|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Leveau |first1=Johan H. J. |last2=Uroz |first2=Stéphane |last3=de Boer |first3=Wietse |date=February 2010 |title=The bacterial genus Collimonas : mycophagy, weathering and other adaptive solutions to life in oligotrophic soil environments |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02010.x |journal=Environmental Microbiology |language=en |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=281–292 |doi=10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02010.x|pmid=19638176 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

To date, 6 species have been described: ''Collimonas fungivorans, Collimonas pratensis, Collimonas arenae, Collimonas antrihumi, Collimonas humicola, Collimonas silvisoli''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=de Boer |first1=Wietse |last2=Leveau |first2=Johan H. J. |last3=Kowalchuk |first3=George A. |last4=Gunnewiek |first4=Paulien J. A. Klein |last5=Abeln |first5=Edwin C. A. |last6=Figge |first6=Marian J. |last7=Sjollema |first7=Klaas |last8=Janse |first8=Jaap D. |last9=van Veen |first9=Johannes A. |date=2004-05-01 |title=Collimonas fungivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitinolytic soil bacterium with the ability to grow on living fungal hyphae |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |language=en |volume=54 |issue=3 |pages=857–864 |doi=10.1099/ijs.0.02920-0 |pmid=15143036 |issn=1466-5026|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hoppener-Ogawa |first1=S. |last2=de Boer |first2=W. |last3=Leveau |first3=J. H. J. |last4=van Veen |first4=J. A. |last5=de Brandt |first5=E. |last6=Vanlaere |first6=E. |last7=Sutton |first7=H. |last8=Dare |first8=D. J. |last9=Vandamme |first9=P. |date=2008-02-01 |title=Collimonas arenae sp. nov. and Collimonas pratensis sp. nov., isolated from (semi-)natural grassland soils |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |language=en |volume=58 |issue=2 |pages=414–419 |doi=10.1099/ijs.0.65375-0 |pmid=18218941 |issn=1466-5026|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Li |first1=Jiali |last2=Pan |first2=Mingkai |last3=Zhang |first3=Xianjiao |last4=Zhou |first4=Yang |last5=Feng |first5=Guang-Da |last6=Zhu |first6=Honghui |date=2021-10-22 |title=Collimonas silvisoli sp. nov. and Collimonas humicola sp. nov., two novel species isolated from forest soil |url=https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.005061 |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |language=en |volume=71 |issue=10 |doi=10.1099/ijsem.0.005061 |pmid=34678140 |s2cid=239471603 |issn=1466-5026|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lee |first=Soon Dong |date=2018-08-01 |title=Collimonas antrihumi sp. nov., isolated from a natural cave and emended description of the genus Collimonas |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |language=en |volume=68 |issue=8 |pages=2448–2453 |doi=10.1099/ijsem.0.002855 |pmid=29906259 |s2cid=49220418 |issn=1466-5026|doi-access=free }}</ref>

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