Methylorubrum rhodesianum is a species of alphaproteobacteria.[3] It has been found on the International Space Station (ISS) amongst others.[4]
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| Methylorubrum rhodesianum (Green et al. 1988) Green and Ardley 2018[1]
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Methylorubrum rhodesianum has the potential to be a biofertilizer due to its ability to fix nitrogen. By associating with plants, it can enhance nutrients and support plant growth, helping improve agricultural practices in a sustainable way.
References
edit- ^ Green PN, Ardley JK (2018). "Review of the genus Methylobacterium and closely related organisms: A proposal that some Methylobacterium species be reclassified into a new genus, Methylorubrum gen. nov". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 68 (9): 2727–2748. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.002856. PMID 30024371. S2CID 51698347.
- ^ Kato Y, Asahara M, Arai D, Goto K, Yokota A (2005). "Reclassification of Methylobacterium chloromethanicum and Methylobacterium dichloromethanicum as later subjective synonyms of Methylobacterium extorquens and of Methylobacterium lusitanum as a later subjective synonym of Methylobacterium rhodesianum". J Gen Appl Microbiol. 51 (5): 287–299. doi:10.2323/jgam.51.287. PMID 16314683. S2CID 35858788.
- ^ Green, P. N.; Bousfield, I. J.; Hood, D. (1988). "Three New Methylobacterium Species: M. rhodesianum sp. nov., M. zatmanii sp. nov., and M. fujisawaense sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 38 (1): 124–127. doi:10.1099/00207713-38-1-124. ISSN 0020-7713.
- ^ Jacinta Bowler: Microbes Unknown to Science Discovered on The International Space Station. sciencealert, 16 MARCH 2021
- Whittenbury, J. E., et al. "Studies on the methane-oxidizing bacterium." Journal of General Microbiology 77.1 (1973): 7-33.
- Dunfield, Peter F., et al. "The Methanotrophs-The Families Methylococcaceae and Methylocystaceae." The Prokaryotes: Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria (2014): 105-134.
Further reading
edit- Ackermann, Jörg-uwe; Müller, Susann; Lösche, Andreas; Bley, Thomas; Babel, wolfgang (1995). "Methylobacterium rhodesianum cells tend to double the DNA content under growth limitations and accumulate PHB". Journal of Biotechnology. 39 (1): 9–20. doi:10.1016/0168-1656(94)00138-3. ISSN 0168-1656.
- Chen, Dong-Zhi; Ouyang, Du-Juan; Liu, Hong-Xia; Chen, Jing; Zhuang, Qing-Feng; Chen, Jian-Meng (2013). "Effective utilization of dichloromethane by a newly isolated strain Methylobacterium rhodesianum H13". Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 21 (2): 1010–1019. doi:10.1007/s11356-013-1972-7. ISSN 0944-1344. PMID 23856743. S2CID 10626224.
External links
edit- "Methylorubrum rhodesianum". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- LPSN
- Type strain of Methylobacterium rhodesianum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
