Rubrobacter xylanophilus

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Rubrobacter xylanophilus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Rubrobacterales
Family:
Rubrobacteraceae
Genus:
Species:
R. xylanophilus
Binomial name
Rubrobacter xylanophilus
Carreto et al. 1996

Rubrobacter xylanophilus is a

gram-positive, with type strain PRD-1T. It is the only known true radiation resistant thermophile. It can degrade xylan and hemicellulose.[1] The first strain of the genus Rubrobacter was isolated from gamma-irradiated hot spring water samples by Yoshinaka. This organism was found to be extremely gamma-radiation resistant, with a higher shoulder dose than the canonical radiation resistant species of the genus Deinococcus. The organism stained Gram-positive and was slightly thermophilic with an optimum growth temperature of about 60 °C.[2]

References

  1. .
  2. ^ Home - Rubrobacter xylanophilus DSM 9941. (n.d.). Retrieved May 02, 2017, from http://genome.jgi.doe.gov/rubxy/rubxy.home.html

[1]

Further reading

External links


  1. ^ Home - Rubrobacter xylanophilus DSM 9941. (n.d.). Retrieved May 02, 2017, from http://genome.jgi.doe.gov/rubxy/rubxy.home.html