Paracoccus denitrificans

Paracoccus denitrificans, a Gram-negative, coccoid, nitrogen-oxidizing bacterium, formerly known as Micrococcus denitrificans, was first isolated in 1910 by Martinus Beijerinck ^[1]. It was renamed in 1969 to Paracoccus denitrificans by Davis ^[2]. Paracoccus denitrificans harbors many features also found in mitochondria and because of this, Paracoccus denitrificans is thought to be a plausible ancestor of the eukaryotic mitochondrion (endosymbiotic theory) ^[3]. The genome of P. denitrificans was sequenced in 2004 ^[4].

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References

1. ^ Beijerinck, M.W. and Minkman, D.C.J. (1910). Bildung und Verbrauch von Stickoxydul durch Bakterien. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde und Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II. 25, 30-63.
2. ^ Davis, D.H. et al. (1969). Proposal to reject the genus Hydrogenomonas: taxonomic implications. Int J Syst Bacteriol. 19, 375–390.
3. ^ John, P. and Whatley, F.R. (1975). Paracoccus denitrificans and the evolutionary origin of the mitochondrion. Nature. 254(5500), 495-498. PMID 235742
4. ^ http://genome.ornl.gov/microbial/pden

Further reading

• van Verseveld, H.W. and Stouthamer, A.H. (1999). The Genus Paracoccus. The Prokaryotes. 3rd edition, release 3.0. Springer-Verlag, New York. HTML
• Kelly, D.P. et al. (2006). Redefining Paracoccus denitrificans and Paracoccus pantotrophus and the case for a reassessment of the strains held by international culture collections. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 56, 2495-2500. PMID 17012585

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