Microlunatus phosphovorus explained

Microlunatus phosphovorus is the type species of the bacterial genus Microlunatus. It is Gram-positive and is notable for being a polyphosphate-accumulating bacterium.^[1] It is coccus-shaped, aerobic, chemoorganotrophic.

Further reading

• Goldschmidt P, Costa Ferreira C, Degorge S, etal . Rapid detection and quantification of Propionibacteriaceae . Br J Ophthalmol . 93. 2. 258–62. November 2008 . 18977791. 10.1136/bjo.2008.146639 . 716435 .
• Tanaka. S.. Lee. S.-O.. Hamaoka. K.. Kato. J.. Takiguchi. N.. Nakamura. K.. Ohtake. H.. Kuroda. A.. Strictly Polyphosphate-Dependent Glucokinase in a Polyphosphate-Accumulating Bacterium, Microlunatus phosphovorus. Journal of Bacteriology. 185. 18. 2003. 5654–5656. 0021-9193. 10.1128/JB.185.18.5654-5656.2003. 193765. 12949120.
• Kawakoshi. A.. Nakazawa. H.. Fukada. J.. Sasagawa. M.. Katano. Y.. Nakamura. S.. Hosoyama. A.. Sasaki. H.. Ichikawa. N.. Hanada. S.. Kamagata. Y.. Nakamura. K.. Yamazaki. S.. Fujita. N.. Deciphering the Genome of Polyphosphate Accumulating Actinobacterium Microlunatus phosphovorus. DNA Research. 19. 5. 2012. 383–394. 1340-2838. 10.1093/dnares/dss020. 22923697. 3473371.

External links

• LPSN
• Type strain of Microlunatus phosphovorus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Akar. Aygul. Akkaya. Esma Ucisik. Yesiladali. S. Koray. Çelikyilmaz. Gamze. Çokgor. Emine Ubay. Tamerler. Candan. Orhon. Derin. Çakar. Z Petek. Accumulation of polyhydroxyalkanoates by Microlunatus phosphovorus under various growth conditions. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 33. 3. 2005. 215–220. 1367-5435. 10.1007/s10295-004-0201-2. 15660231. 22920868. free.