Deinobacterium Explained

Deinobacterium is a genus in the Deinococcota phylum (Bacteria). Not to be confused with Deinobacter, a disused name for Deinococcus.

Etymology

The name Deinobacterium derives from:
Greek adjective deinos (δεινός), dreadful, strange; Neo-Latin neuter gender noun bacterium, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Deinobacterium, strange bacterium.

Species

The genus contains a single species, namely D. chartae (Ekman et al. 2011, (Type species of the genus).; Latin genitive case noun chartae, of/from paper.)This bacterium is:^[1]

• rod-shaped
• non-spore-forming
• non-motile, aerobic
• oxidase and catalase-positive
• radiation-resistant bacterium
• pale pink colonies on oligotrophic medium at 12 to 50 °C (optimum 37 to 45 °C) and at pH 6 to 10.3
• peptidoglycan type A3β with L-Orn–Gly–Gly
• quinone: MK-8
• CG 67%
• isolated from biofilm collected from a Finnish paper mill

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology
• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

Notes and References

1. Ekman . J. V. . Raulio . M. . . Busse . H. -J. . Fewer . D. P. . Salkinoja-Salonen . M. . . Deinobacterium chartae gen. Nov., sp. Nov., an extremely radiation-resistant, biofilm-forming bacterium isolated from a Finnish paper mill . 10.1099/ijs.0.017970-0 . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 61 . 3 . 540–548 . 2010 . 20382794. free .