Xanthobacter tagetidis explained

Xanthobacter tagetidis is a bacterium from the family of Xanthobacteraceae which has been isolated from soil from Root balls around the plant Tagetes patula in the United Kingdom.^{[1] [2] [3]} Xanthobacter tagetidis has the ability to grow on substituted thiophenes.^{[2] [4] [5]}

Further reading

• Padden. A. Nikki. Kelly. Donovan P.. Wood. A. P.. Ann P. Wood. Chemolithoautotrophy and mixotrophy in the thiophene-2-carboxylic acid-utilizing Xanthobacter tagetidis. Archives of Microbiology. 27 February 1998. 169. 3. 249–256. 10.1007/s002030050568. 9477260. 1998ArMic.169..249P . 23523203.
• Padden. AN. Rainey. FA. Kelly. DP. Wood. AP. Ann P. Wood. Xanthobacter tagetidis sp. nov., an organism associated with Tagetes species and able to grow on substituted thiophenes.. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. April 1997. 47. 2. 394–401. 9103627. 10.1099/00207713-47-2-394. free.
• Book: editor-in-chief. George M. Garrity. Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology.. 2005. Springer. New York. 0-387-24145-0. 2nd. registration.

External links

• Type strain of Xanthobacter tagetidis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. http://www.lgcstandards-atcc.org/products/all/700315.aspx?geo_country=de ATCC
2. [Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen]
3. https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/60216 UniProt
4. Padden. AN. Rainey. FA. Kelly. DP. Wood. AP. Xanthobacter tagetidis sp. nov., an organism associated with Tagetes species and able to grow on substituted thiophenes.. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. April 1997. 47. 2. 394–401. 9103627. 10.1099/00207713-47-2-394. free.
5. Book: Neilson. Alasdair H.. Allard. Ann-Sofie. Environmental degradation and transformation of organic chemicals. 2008. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis. Boca Raton. 978-1-4200-0677-3. [Updated and expanded]..