Rubrobacter xylanophilus

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

Rubrobacter xylanophilus is a thermophilic species of bacteria. It is slightly halotolerant, short rod- and coccus-shaped and gram-positive, with type strain PRD-1T. It is the only true radiation resistant thermopile. It can degrade xylan and hemicellulose.[1]

References

  1. Carreto, L.; Moore, E.; Nobre, M. F.; Wait, R.; Riley, P. W.; Sharp, R. J.; Da Costa, M. S. (1996). "Rubrobacter xylanophilus sp. nov., a New Thermophilic Species Isolated from a Thermally Polluted Effluent". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 46 (2): 460–465. doi:10.1099/00207713-46-2-460. ISSN 0020-7713.

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