Parvibaculum lavamentivorans

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Classification

Higher order taxa

Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhizobiales; Rhodobiaceae

Species

Parvibaculum lavamentivorans

Description and Significance

Parvibaculum lavamentivorans DS-1T is a non-pigmented, aerobic, heterotrophic bacterium. The species is environmentally significant for its ability to catalyze the degradation of laundry detergents.

Genome Structure

The genome of Parvibaculum lavamentivorans is completely sequenced for representative strain DS-1T.[1] The DNA is packaged

Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle

Parvibaculum lavamentivorans

Ecology

References

Schleheck, D., Dong, W., et al. "An alpha-proteobacterium converts linear alkylbenzenesulfonate surfactants into sulfophenylcarboxylates and linear alkyldiphenyletherdisulfonate surfactants into sulfodiphenylethercarboxylates." ‘’Applied Environmental Microbiology.’’ 2000. Volume 66. p. 1911-1916.

Schleheck, D., Lechner, M., et al. "Desulfonation and degradation of the disulfodiphenylethercarboxylates from linear alkyldiphenyletherdisulfonate surfactants." ‘’Applied Environmental Microbiology.’’ 2003. Volume 69. p. 938-944.

Schleheck, D., Tindall, B., Rosselló-Mora, R., and Cook, A. "Parvibaculum lavamentivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel heterotroph that initiates catabolism of linear alkylbenzenesulfonate." International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2004. Volume 54. p. 1489-1497.

Schleheck, D., Knepper, T., et al. "Mineralization of individual congeners of linear alkylbenzenesulfonate by defined pairs of heterotrophic bacteria." ‘’Applied Environmental Microbiology.’’ 2004. Volume 70. p. 4053-4063.

Dong, W., Eichhorn, P., et al. "Parvibaculum lavamentivorans converts linear alkylbenzenesulphonate surfactant to sulphophenylcarboxylates, alpha,beta-unsaturated sulphophenylcarboxylates and sulphophenyldicarboxylates, which are degraded in communities. ‘’Journal of Applied Microbiology.’’ 2004. Volume 96. p. 630-640.

Schleheck, D., Cook, A. "Omega-oxygenation of the alkyl sidechain of linear alkylbenzenesulfonate (LAS) surfactant in Parvibaculum lavamentivorans(T)." ‘’Archives of Microbiology.’’ 2005. Volume 183. p. 369-377.

Schleheck, D., Knepper, T., et al. "Parvibaculum lavamentivorans DS-1T degrades centrally substituted congeners of commercial linear alkylbenzenesulfonate to sulfophenyl" carboxylates and sulfophenyl dicarboxylates. ‘’Applied Environmental Microbiology’’. 2004. Volume 70. p. 4053-4063.

Schleheck, D., Weiss, M., et al. "Complete genome sequence of Parvibaculum lavamentivorans type strain (DS-1(T))." Standard Genomic Science. 2011. Volume 5. p. 298-310.

Author

Page authored by Luke Pryke and Hannah Pak, students of Prof. Jay Lennon at Indiana University.