Collimonas

Collimonas
Scientific classification
Domain:
Phylum:
Pseudomonadota
Class:
Order:
Family:
Oxalobacteraceae
Genus:
Collimonas

de Boer et al. 2004
Species

Collimonas arenae
Collimonas fungivorans
Collimonas pratensis

Collimonas is a genus of bacteria in the family Oxalobacteraceae. Culturable representatives of this genus have the ability to lyse chitin, to use fungal hyphae as a source of food, to produce antifungal molecules and to be effective at weathering .

To date, 6 species have been described Collimonas fungivorans, Collimonas pratensis, Collimonas arenae, Collimonas antrihumi, Collimonas humicola, Collimonas silvisoli.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.