''Ancylobacter sonchi'' is a bacterial species in the family

Xanthobacteraceae The Xanthobacteraceae are a family of bacteria that includes ''Azorhizobium'', a genus of rhizobia. Xanthobacteraceae bacteria are diverse and Gram-negative, rod-shaped, and may be motile or non-motile depending on the specific bacteria. Their c ...

Discovery

''Ancylobacter sonchi'' was first isolated from the rhizoshpere of ''

Sonchus arvensis ''Sonchus arvensis'', the field milk thistle, field sowthistle, perennial sow-thistle, corn sow thistle, dindle, gutweed, swine thistle, or tree sow thistle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. ''S. arvensis'' often occurs ...

'', commonly known as field sow thistle, in Pushchino, Moscow.

Description

''Ancylobacter sonchi'' is rod-shaped,

gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that, unlike gram-positive bacteria, do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. Their defining characteristic is that their cell envelope consists ...

, and a strict aerobe. It grows at temperatures of 10-30°C, with optimal growth at temperatures of 22-29°C.

Phylogeny

Within ''Ancylobacter'', ''A. sonchi'' is believed to be most closely related to '' A. defluvii'' and '' A. pratisalsi''.

References

Hyphomicrobiales {{Rhizobiales-stub