Phylum Proteobacteria Rank Species | Scientific name Pseudomonas nitroreducens Higher classification Pseudomonas | |
Similar Bacteria, Pseudomonas, Neisseria elongata, Proteobacteria, Pseudomonas mendocina | ||
Pseudomonas nitroreducens is an aerobic, Gram-negative soil bacterium first isolated from oil brine in Japan. It is able to synthesise polyhydroxybutyrate homopolymer (a polyester) from medium chain length fatty acids. Based on 16S rRNA analysis, P. nitroreducens has been placed in the P. aeruginosa group.
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