Comamonas testosteroni (Marcus and Talalay 1956) Tamaoka et al. 1987
NCAIM Number B.01926T
Other Collection Number HNCMB 173002, ATCC 11996, NCIB 8955, NCTC 10698
Strain Name
Mutant
Strain Status Type
Strain History
Previous Name Pseudomonas testosteroni
Typestrain of
Depositor
Isolator
Isolation source soil / United States, Berkeley
Isolation Type soil
Restriction Hazard Group 1
Name of Medium NCAIM 0025 - Nutrient agar 26°C
Notes and applications

produces 9-alpha-hydroxy-steroids (Sih CJ, Weisenborn FL . Process for preparing 9 alpha-hydroxy steroids. US Patent 3,065,146 dated Nov 20 1962)produces oxoalkylxanthines [oxoalkylxanthine] (Nesemann G, et al.. Microbiological process for the preparation of oxoalkylxanthines. Canadian Patent 1,022,867 Nesemann G, et al.. Mikrobiologisches Verfahren zur Herstellung von Oxoalkylxanthinen. German Federal Republic Patent 2,302,772)Taxonomy (Stanier RY, et al. The aerobic pseudomonads: a taxonomic study. J. Gen. Microbiol. 43: 159-271, 1966. Willems A, et al. Polyphasic taxonomic study of the emended genus Comamonas: relationship to Aquaspirillum aquaticum, E. Falsen Group 10, and other clinical isolates. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 41: 427-444, 1991. Marcus PI, Talalay P . Induction and purification of alpha- and beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases. J. Biol. Chem. 218: 661-675, 1956. Int. Bull. Bacteriol. Nomencl. Taxon. 15: 125-132, 1965. Skerman VB, et al. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 30: 225-420, 1980.
ID checked by 16S sequencing

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