Pseudomonas frederiksbergensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
Order: | Pseudomonadales |
Family: | Pseudomonadaceae |
Genus: | Pseudomonas |
Species: | P. frederiksbergensis |
Binomial name | |
Pseudomonas frederiksbergensis Andersen, et al. 2000 |
Pseudomonas frederiksbergensis is a Gram-negative, phenanthrene-degrading bacterium from a coal gasification site in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark. It is able to catalyse the asymmetric oxidation of sulfides to give exclusively the R enantiomer. The type strain is DSM 13022.