Comamonas terrigena

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| genus = Comamonas

| species = terrigena

| authority = De Vos et al. 1985, sp. nov., nom. rev.{{Cite web |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/comamonas |title=Genus: Comamonas |access-date=2013-05-10 }}

| type_strain = NCTC 1937, CCUG 15327, CCUG 2185, CIP 63.44, LMG 1253, LMG 5929, M. Veron 31, NCIB 8193, NRRL B-1055, NRRL B-781, R. Hugh 247{{Cite web |url=http://www.straininfo.net/strains/8180/browser |title=ATCC 8461 Strain Browser - StrainInfo |access-date=2013-05-10 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025939/http://www.straininfo.net/strains/8180/browser |url-status=dead }}

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Comamonas terrigena is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium from the genus Comamonas and the family of Comamonadaceae, which was isolated from contaminated soil in Slovakia.{{Cite journal

| pmid = 11519996

| year = 2001

| last1 = Zámocký

| first1 = M

| title = Potential application of catalase-peroxidase from Comamonas terrigena N3H in the biodegradation of phenolic compounds

| journal = Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

| volume = 79

| issue = 2

| pages = 109–17

| last2 = Godocíková

| first2 = J

| last3 = Koller

| first3 = F

| last4 = Polek

| first4 = B

| doi = 10.1023/A:1010294130534

| s2cid = 4646570

}} C. terrigena has the ability to degrade phenols.{{Cite journal

| pmid = 11519996

| year = 2001

| last1 = Zámocký

| first1 = M

| title = Potential application of catalase-peroxidase from Comamonas terrigena N3H in the biodegradation of phenolic compounds

| journal = Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

| volume = 79

| issue = 2

| pages = 109–17

| last2 = Godocíková

| first2 = J

| last3 = Koller

| first3 = F

| last4 = Polek

| first4 = B

| doi = 10.1023/A:1010294130534

| s2cid = 4646570

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