Alcaligenes

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Alcaligenes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Beta Proteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Alcaligenaceae
Genus: Alcaligenes
Castellani & Chalmers 1919
Species

A. aquatilis
A. eutrophus
A. faecalis
A. latus
A. xylosoxidans
etc.

Alcaligenes is a genus of Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria.

Alcaligenes species have been used for the industrial production of non-standard amino acids; A. eutrophus also produces the biopolymer polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB).

[edit] References

  • Madigan M; Martinko J (editors). (2005). Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 11th ed., Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-144329-1. 

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