Pedobacter africanus explained

Pedobacter africanus is a species of heparinase-producing bacteria.^[1]

Further reading

• Whitman, William B., et al., eds. Bergey's manual® of systematic bacteriology. Vol. 5. Springer, 2012.

External links

• • LPSN
• Type strain of Pedobacter africanus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Steyn. P. L.. Segers. P.. Vancanneyt. M.. Sandra. P.. Kersters. K.. Joubert. J. J.. Classification of heparinolytic bacteria into a new genus, Pedobacter, comprising four species: Pedobacter heparinus comb. nov., Pedobacter piscium comb. nov., Pedobacter africanus sp. nov. and Pedobacter saltans sp. nov. Proposal of the family Sphingobacteriaceae fam. nov.. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 48. 1. 1998. 165–177. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-48-1-165. 9542086. free.