''Xanthobacter tagetidis'' is a bacterium from the family of
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 ...
which has been isolated from soil from
Root ball
A root ball is the mass of roots and growing media at the base of a plant such as trees, shrubs, and other perennials and annual plants. The appearance and structure of the root ball will be largely dependent on the method of growing used in t ...
s around the plant
Tagetes patula
''Tagetes patula'', the French marigold, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Mexico and Guatemala with several naturalisation (biology), naturalised populations in many other countries. It is widely cultivated as ...
in the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
.
Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen
The Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH (German: ''Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH''), located in Braunschweig, is a research infrastructure in the ...
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/ref> ''Xanthobacter tagetidis'' has the ability to grow on substituted thiophenes
Thiophene is a heterocyclic compound with the formula C4H4S. Consisting of a planar five-membered ring, it is aromaticity, aromatic as indicated by its extensive substitution reactions. It is a colorless liquid with a benzene-like odor. In most ...
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References
Further reading
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External links
Type strain of ''Xanthobacter tagetidis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Hyphomicrobiales
Bacteria described in 1997
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