Solimonas variicoloris
Species of bacterium
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Solimonas variicoloris is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped and non-spore forming bacterium belonging to the genus Solimonas. It was first isolated from a hexane-degrading biofilter near Hamm, Germany.[1][2][3][4]
| Solimonas variicoloris | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Nevskiales |
| Family: | Nevskiaceae |
| Genus: | Solimonas |
| Species: | S. variicoloris |
| Binomial name | |
| Solimonas variicoloris (Friedrich and Lipski 2008) Sheu et al. 2011[1] | |
| Type strain | |
| DSM 15731, LMG 22844, strain MN28 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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The species was initially described as Singularimonas variicoloris at the time of discovery, and later revised to Solimonas variicoloris upon analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to Solimonas soli.[5]
