Sterolibacterium
| Sterolibacterium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Spirillales |
| Family: | Sterolibacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Sterolibacterium Tarlera and Denner 2003[1] |
| Species: | S. denitrificans |
| Binomial name | |
| Sterolibacterium denitrificans Tarlera and Denner 2003 | |
| Type strain[2] | |
| ATCC BAA-354, Chol-1S, chol1, DSM 13999 | |
Sterolibacterium is a genus of gram-negative, oxidase- and catalase-positive rod-shaped bacteria from the family Sterolibacteriaceae which belongs to the class Betaproteobacteria.[3] So far there is only one species known of this genus, Sterolibacterium denitrificans.[1]
Sterolibacterium denitrificans is a motile with a single polar flagellum.[3]
References
- 1 2 LSPN lpsn.dsmz.de
- ↑ Straininfo of Sterolibacterium denitrificans
- 1 2 Tarlera, S. (2003). "Sterolibacterium denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel cholesterol-oxidizing, denitrifying member of the -Proteobacteria". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53 (4): 1085–1091. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02039-0. PMID 12892131.