Ancylobacter sonchi

Ancylobacter sonchi
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A. sonchi
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Ancylobacter sonchi
Agafonova, 2017

Ancylobacter sonchi is a bacterial species in the family Xanthobacteraceae.

Discovery

Ancylobacter sonchi was first isolated from the rhizoshpere of Sonchus arvensis, commonly known as field sow thistle, in Pushchino, Moscow.[1]

Description

Ancylobacter sonchi is rod-shaped, gram-negative, and a strict aerobe.[1] It grows at temperatures of 10-30°C, with optimal growth at temperatures of 22-29°C.[1]

Phylogeny

Within Ancylobacter, A. sonchi is believed to be most closely related to A. defluvii and A. pratisalsi.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Agafonova, Nadezhda V.; Kaparullina, Elena N.; Trotsenko, Yuri A.; Doronina, Nina V. (2017). "Ancylobacter sonchi sp. nov., a novel methylotrophic bacterium frоm roots of Sonchus arvensis L.". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 67 (11): 4552–4558. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.002330. ISSN 1466-5034.
  2. ^ Hördt, Anton; López, Marina García; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Schleuning, Marcel; Weinhold, Lisa-Maria; Tindall, Brian J.; Gronow, Sabine; Kyrpides, Nikos C.; Woyke, Tanja; Göker, Markus (2020). "Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria". Frontiers in Microbiology. 11: 468. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468. ISSN 1664-302X. PMC 7179689. PMID 32373076.