Kordiimonas gwangyangensis

Rhodobacteraceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Kordiimonadales
Family: Kordiimonadaceae
Genus: Kordiimonas
Species: K. gwangyangensis
Kwon et al., 2005

Kordiimonas gwangyangensis (strain GW14-5T) is a marine bacterium that can degrade a number of polycyclic hydrocarbons. It was first found in Gwangyang Bay.[1]

References

  1. K.K. Kwon; H.-S. Lee; S.H. Yang; S.-J. Kim. (2005). "Kordiimonas gwangyangensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from marine sediments that forms a distinct phyletic lineage (Kordiimonadales ord. nov.) in the Alphaproteobacteria". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (Pt 5): 2033–2037. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63684-0. PMID 16166706.


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