Pseudomonas nitroreducens
Species of bacterium
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Pseudomonas nitroreducens is an aerobic, Gram-negative soil bacterium first isolated from oil brine in Japan.[1] It is able to synthesise polyhydroxybutyrate homopolymer (a polyester) from medium chain length fatty acids.[2] Based on 16S rRNA analysis, P. nitroreducens has been placed in the P. aeruginosa group.[3]
| Pseudomonas nitroreducens | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Pseudomonadales |
| Family: | Pseudomonadaceae |
| Genus: | Pseudomonas |
| Species: | P. nitroreducens |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudomonas nitroreducens Iizuka and Komagata 1964 | |
| Type strain | |
| ATCC 33634 CCUG 12538 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pseudomonas multiresinivorans Mohn et al. 1999 | |