Comamonas nitrativorans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
Order: | Burkholderiales |
Family: | Comamonadaceae |
Genus: | Comamonas |
Species: | C. nitrativorans |
Binomial name | |
Comamonas nitrativorans Etchebehere et al. 2001, sp. nov. |
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Type strain | |
23310, CCT 7062, CCUG 45781, CIP 107121, DSM 13191, LMG 20949, NCCB 100007, strain 23310 |
Comamonas nitrativorans is a Gram-negative, oxidase- and catalase-positive bacterium from the genus Comamonas, which was isolated from a denitrifying reactor treating landfill leachate.C. nitrativorans has the ability to perform anoxic-reduction of nitrate, nitrite, and nitrous oxide to nitrogen.