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| Species: | R. depolymerans
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| Roseateles depolymerans Suyama et al. 1999[1]
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| CCUG 48747, CCUG 52219, DSM 11813, NCIMB 13588[2] | |
Roseateles depolymerans is an aerobic photosynthetic bacterium from the genus Roseateles, which was isolated from river water (Hanamuro River, Tsukuba, Japan).
R. depolymerans is a bacteriochlorophyll a-containing obligate aerobe in the β-subclass of the Proteobacteria. The cells are motile, straight rods, and they contain poly-β-hydroxybutyrate granules.
R. depolymerans is characterised by the ability to biodegrade the material poly(hexamethylene carbonate) (PHC), and some other biodegradable plastics.[3]
- ^ "Genus Roseateles". List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "Strain Passport DSM 11813 Roseateles depolymerans". StrainInfo. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ Suyama, T.; Shigematsu, T.; Takaichi, S.; Nodasaka, Y.; Fujikawa, S.; Hosoya, H.; Tokiwa, Y.; Kanagawa, T.; Hanada, S. (1999). "Roseateles depolymerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacteriochlorophyll a-containing obligate aerobe belonging to the subclass of the Proteobacteria". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 49 (2): 449–57. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-2-449. PMID 10319464.