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Microlunatus phosphovorus

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| taxon = Microlunatus phosphovorus

| authority = Nakamura et al. 1995{{cite journal|last1=Nakamura|first1=K.|last2=Hiraishi|first2=A.|last3=Yoshimi|first3=Y.|last4=Kawaharasaki|first4=M.|last5=Masuda|first5=K.|last6=Kamagata|first6=Y.|title=Microlunatus phosphovorus gen. nov., sp. nov., a New Gram-Positive Polyphosphate-Accumulating Bacterium Isolated from Activated Sludge|journal=International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology|volume=45|issue=1|year=1995|pages=17–22|issn=0020-7713|doi=10.1099/00207713-45-1-17|pmid=7857797|doi-access=free}}

| type_strain = ATCC 700054
CIP 104466
DSM 10555
HAMBI 2303
JCM 9379
NBRC 101784
NM-1
VKM Ac-1990

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Microlunatus phosphovorus is the type species of the bacterial genus Microlunatus. It is Gram-positive and is notable for being a polyphosphate-accumulating bacterium.{{cite journal|last1=Akar|first1=Aygul|last2=Akkaya|first2=Esma Ucisik|last3=Yesiladali|first3=S. Koray|last4=Çelikyilmaz|first4=Gamze|last5=Çokgor|first5=Emine Ubay|last6=Tamerler|first6=Candan|last7=Orhon|first7=Derin|last8=Çakar|first8=Z Petek|title=Accumulation of polyhydroxyalkanoates by Microlunatus phosphovorus under various growth conditions|journal=Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology|volume=33|issue=3|year=2005|pages=215–220|issn=1367-5435|doi=10.1007/s10295-004-0201-2|pmid=15660231|s2cid=22920868|doi-access=free}} It is coccus-shaped, aerobic, chemoorganotrophic.

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Further reading

  • {{cite journal |vauthors=Goldschmidt P, Costa Ferreira C, Degorge S, etal |title=Rapid detection and quantification of Propionibacteriaceae |journal=Br J Ophthalmol |volume= 93|issue= 2|pages= 258–62|date=November 2008 |pmid=18977791|doi=10.1136/bjo.2008.146639 |s2cid=716435 |url=http://bjo.bmj.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=18977791|url-access=subscription }}
  • {{cite journal|last1=Tanaka|first1=S.|last2=Lee|first2=S.-O.|last3=Hamaoka|first3=K.|last4=Kato|first4=J.|last5=Takiguchi|first5=N.|last6=Nakamura|first6=K.|last7=Ohtake|first7=H.|last8=Kuroda|first8=A.|title=Strictly Polyphosphate-Dependent Glucokinase in a Polyphosphate-Accumulating Bacterium, Microlunatus phosphovorus|journal=Journal of Bacteriology|volume=185|issue=18|year=2003|pages=5654–5656|issn=0021-9193|doi=10.1128/JB.185.18.5654-5656.2003|pmc=193765|pmid=12949120}}
  • {{cite journal|last1=Kawakoshi|first1=A.|last2=Nakazawa|first2=H.|last3=Fukada|first3=J.|last4=Sasagawa|first4=M.|last5=Katano|first5=Y.|last6=Nakamura|first6=S.|last7=Hosoyama|first7=A.|last8=Sasaki|first8=H.|last9=Ichikawa|first9=N.|last10=Hanada|first10=S.|last11=Kamagata|first11=Y.|last12=Nakamura|first12=K.|last13=Yamazaki|first13=S.|last14=Fujita|first14=N.|title=Deciphering the Genome of Polyphosphate Accumulating Actinobacterium Microlunatus phosphovorus|journal=DNA Research|volume=19|issue=5|year=2012|pages=383–394|issn=1340-2838|doi=10.1093/dnares/dss020|pmid=22923697|pmc=3473371}}

External links

  • [https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/microlunatus LPSN]
  • [http://bacdive.dsmz.de/index.php?search=12625&submit=Search Type strain of Microlunatus phosphovorus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase]

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Category:Propionibacteriales

Category:Bacteria described in 1995

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