Comamonas thiooxydans

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}} {{Speciesbox | image = | genus = Comamonas | species = thiooxydans | authority = corrig. Narayan et al. 2011, sp. nov.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/comamonas |title=Genus: Comamonas |access-date=2013-05-10 }}</ref> | type_strain = DSM 17888, JCM 14801, S23<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.straininfo.net/strains/867024 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-05-10 |archive-date=2020-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110183235/http://www.straininfobreak.ugent.be/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | synonyms = }}

'''''Comamonas thiooxydans''''' is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium from the genus ''Comamonas'' and family Comamonadaceae,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dnabank-network.org/Query.php?sqlType=Detail&UnitID=DSM%20217888&CollCode=DNA%20Bank&InstCode=DSMZ&UnitIDS=DSM%2017888&CollCodeS=Prokarya&InstCodeS=DSMZ&ID_Cache=2836 |title=DNA Bank Network |access-date=2013-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206050506/http://www.dnabank-network.org/Query.php?sqlType=Detail&UnitID=DSM%20217888&CollCode=DNA%20Bank&InstCode=DSMZ&UnitIDS=DSM%2017888&CollCodeS=Prokarya&InstCodeS=DSMZ&ID_Cache=2836 |archive-date=2014-12-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> which was isolated from a sulfur spring.<ref>{{Cite journal | pmid = 20148250 | year = 2010 | last1 = Narayan | first1 = K. D. | title = Characterization of ''Comamonas thiooxidans'' sp. nov., and comparison of thiosulfate oxidation with Comamonas testosteroni and Comamonas composti | journal = Current Microbiology | volume = 61 | issue = 4 | pages = 248–53 | last2 = Pandey | first2 = S. K. | last3 = Das | first3 = S. K. | doi = 10.1007/s00284-010-9602-9 | s2cid = 7621993 }}</ref> ''C. thiooxydans'' has the ability to oxidize thiosulfate.<ref>{{Cite journal | pmid = 20148250 | year = 2010 | last1 = Narayan | first1 = K. D. | title = Characterization of ''Comamonas thiooxidans'' sp. nov., and comparison of thiosulfate oxidation with Comamonas testosteroni and Comamonas composti | journal = Current Microbiology | volume = 61 | issue = 4 | pages = 248–53 | last2 = Pandey | first2 = S. K. | last3 = Das | first3 = S. K. | doi = 10.1007/s00284-010-9602-9 | s2cid = 7621993 }}</ref>

''Comamonas'' sp. strain E6 (NBRC 107749), isolated from soil, is known for its ability to oxidize phthalate isomers such as terephthalic acid. Its genome has been sequenced as GCF_001010305.1.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Shimodaira |first1=Jun |last2=Kamimura |first2=Naofumi |last3=Hosoyama |first3=Akira |last4=Yamazoe |first4=Atsushi |last5=Fujita |first5=Nobuyuki |last6=Masai |first6=Eiji |title=Draft Genome Sequence of Comamonas sp. Strain E6 (NBRC 107749), a Degrader of Phthalate Isomers through the Protocatechuate 4,5-Cleavage Pathway |journal=Genome Announcements |date=25 June 2015 |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=e00643–15 |doi=10.1128/genomeA.00643-15 |pmid=26089421 |pmc=4472898 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Based on this genome, the GTDB assigns strain E6 to ''Comamonas thiooxydans''.<ref>{{cite web |title=GTDB - Genome GCF_001010305.1 |url=https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/genome?gid=GCF_001010305.1 |website=gtdb.ecogenomic.org}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://bacdive.dsmz.de/index.php?search=2933&submit=Search Type strain of ''Comamonas thiooxydans'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase]

Category:Comamonadaceae Category:Bacteria described in 2011