Afipia carboxidovorans OM5 is a mesophilic, motile bacterium that was isolated from waste water.

Name and taxonomic classification:

Last LPSN update: 14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)

Domain: "Bacteria"

Phylum: Pseudomonadota

Class: Alphaproteobacteria

Order: Hyphomicrobiales

Family: Nitrobacteraceae

Genus: Afipia

Species: Afipia carboxidovorans

Full Scientific Name (LPSN): Afipia carboxidovorans (Meyer et al. 1994 ex Meyer and Schlegel 1978) Hördt et al. 2020

Synonym:

Pseudomonas carboxydovorans

Oligotropha carboxidovorans

Culture medium:

R2A MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 830)

CARBON MONOXIDE OXIDIZER MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 133)

Temperature:

Growth 30 °C

Temperature range:

Mesophilic

Ability of spore formation: No

Isolation, sampling and environmental information:

Sample type/isolated from: waste water

Geographic location (country and/or sea, region): Göttingen

Country: Germany

Country ISO 3 Cod DEU

Continent: Europe

Culture col. no.: DSM 1227, ATCC 49405, KCTC 32145