Limnobacter

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Limnobacter | authority = Spring et al. 2001<ref>List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/limnobacter</ref> | type_species = ''Limnobacter thiooxidans''<ref>List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/limnobacter</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''Limnobacter litoralis'' <BR> ''Limnobacter thiooxidans'' }}

'''Limnobacter''' is a genus of Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, aerobic, oxidase- and catalase-positive, motile bacteria with a single polar flagellum, of the family Burkholderiaceae and class Betaproteobacteria.<ref>International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology [https://archive.today/20130624200112/http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/61/2/404.full%23ref-16]</ref><ref>eol http://eol.org/pages/98284/overview</ref> ''Limnobacter'' species have the ability to oxidize thiosulfate.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130624200112/http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/61/2/404.full%23ref-16 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology]</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Limnobacter}} Category:Burkholderiaceae Category:Bacteria genera