Xanthobacter autotrophicus (Baumgarten et al. 1974) Wiegel et al. 1978
NCAIM Number B.02401
Other Collection Number CCM 4398, ATCC 43050, DSM 3874
Strain Name
Mutant
Strain Status
Strain History
Previous Name
Typestrain of
Depositor
Isolator
Isolation source Soil and activated sludge
Isolation Type soil
Restriction Hazard Group 1
Name of Medium NCAIM 0025 - Nutrient agar 30°C, NCAIM 0065 - Glucose-Yeast Extract-Pepton agar 30°C
Notes and applications

Production of dehalogenases (Keuning, S., Janssen, D.B., Witholt, B. 1985. Purification and characterization of hydrolytic haloalkane dehalogenase from Xanthobacter autotrophicus GJ10. J. Bacteriol. 163 : 635-639).
Degradation of chlorinated aliphatic compounds (Janssen, D.B., Pries, F., van der Ploeg, J., Kazemier, B., Terpstra, P., Witholt, B. 1989. Cloning of 1,2-dichlorethane degradation genes of Xanthobacter autotrophicus GJ10 and expression and sequencing of the dhlA gene. J. Bacteriol. 171 : 6791-6799).
Fixation of nitrogen, chemolithotrophic growth with hydrogen (Janssen, D.B., Scheper, A., Dijkhuizen, L., Witholt, B. 1985. Degradation of halogenated aliphatic compounds by Xanthobacter autotrophicus GJ10. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 49 : 673-677).
ID checked by 16S sequencing
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