Opitutus terrae explained

Opitutus terrae is an obligately anaerobic (cannot grow in the presence of oxygen) bacterium first isolated from rice paddy soil, hence its epithet. It is coccus-shaped and is motile by means of a flagellum. Its type strain is PB90-1^T (= DSM 11246^T).^[1] Its genome has been sequenced.^[2]

Further reading

• Chin. K.-J.. Janssen. P. H.. Propionate Formation by Opitutus terrae in Pure Culture and in Mixed Culture with a Hydrogenotrophic Methanogen and Implications for Carbon Fluxes in Anoxic Rice Paddy Soil. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 68. 4. 2002. 2089–2092. 0099-2240. 10.1128/AEM.68.4.2089-2092.2002. 123890. 11916740. 2002ApEnM..68.2089C .
• Nakajima. Masahiro. Nishimoto. Mamoru. Kitaoka. Motomitsu. Characterization of d-galactosyl-β1→4-l-rhamnose phosphorylase from Opitutus terrae. Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 46. 3–4. 2010. 315–319. 0141-0229. 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2009.12.007.
• van Passel. M. W. J.. etal. Genome Sequence of the Verrucomicrobium Opitutus terrae PB90-1, an Abundant Inhabitant of Rice Paddy Soil Ecosystems. Journal of Bacteriology. March 2011. 193. 9. 2367–2368. 10.1128/JB.00228-11. 21398538. 3133072.

External links

• LPSN
• Type strain of Opitutus terrae at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
• microbewiki

Notes and References

1. Chin. K. J.. Liesack. W.. Janssen. P. H.. Opitutus terrae gen. nov., sp. nov., to accommodate novel strains of the division 'Verrucomicrobia' isolated from rice paddy soil. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 51. 6. 2001. 1965–1968. 1466-5026. 10.1099/00207713-51-6-1965. 11760935. free.
2. van Passel. M. W. J.. Kant. R.. Palva. A.. Copeland. A.. Lucas. S.. Lapidus. A.. Glavina del Rio. T.. Pitluck. S.. Goltsman. E.. Clum. A.. Sun. H.. Schmutz. J.. Larimer. F. W.. Land. M. L.. Hauser. L.. Kyrpides. N.. Mikhailova. N.. Richardson. P. P.. Janssen. P. H.. de Vos. W. M.. Smidt. H.. Genome Sequence of the Verrucomicrobium Opitutus terrae PB90-1, an Abundant Inhabitant of Rice Paddy Soil Ecosystems. Journal of Bacteriology. 193. 9. 2011. 2367–2368. 0021-9193. 10.1128/JB.00228-11. 21398538. 3133072.