''Cellulomonas'' is a genus of

Gram-positive In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall. Gram-positive bacte ...

rod-shaped

bacteria Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among ...

. One of their main distinguishing features is their ability to degrade

cellulose Cellulose is an organic compound with the formula , a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to many thousands of β(1→4) linked D-glucose units. Cellulose is an important structural component of the primary cell wall ...

, using enzymes such as

endoglucanase Cellulase (EC 3.2.1.4; systematic name 4-β-D-glucan 4-glucanohydrolase) is any of several enzymes produced chiefly by fungi, bacteria, and protozoans that catalyze cellulolysis, the decomposition of cellulose and of some related polysaccharide ...

and

exoglucanase Cellulose 1,4-beta-cellobiosidase (, exo-cellobiohydrolase, beta-1,4-glucan cellobiohydrolase, beta-1,4-glucan cellobiosylhydrolase, 1,4-beta-glucan cellobiosidase, exoglucanase, avicelase, CBH 1, C1 cellulase, cellobiohydrolase I, cellobiohydrolas ...

. They are members of the

Actinomycetota The ''Actinomycetota'' (or ''Actinobacteria'') are a phylum of all gram-positive bacteria. They can be terrestrial or aquatic. They are of great economic importance to humans because agriculture and forests depend on their contributions to soi ...

Species

''Cellulomonas'' comprises the following species: * '' C. aerilata'' Lee et al. 2008 * '' C. algicola'' Yamamura et al. 2019 * '' C. biazotea'' (Kellerman et al. 1913) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980) * '' C. bogoriensis'' Jones et al. 2005 * '' C. carbonis'' Shi et al. 2012 * '' C. cellasea'' (Kellerman et al. 1913) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980) * '' C. chitinilytica'' Yoon et al. 2008 * '' C. citrea'' Lee et al. 2020 * '' C. composti'' Kang et al. 2007 * '' C. denverensis'' Brown et al. 2005 * '' C. endophytica'' Li et al. 2020 * '' C. fimi'' (McBeth and Scales 1913) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980) * '' C. flavigena'' (Kellerman and McBeth 1912) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980) * '' C. fulva'' Dahal et al. 2022 * '' C. gelida'' (Kellerman et al. 1913) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980) * "'' C. gilvus''" Christopherson et al. 2013 * '' C. hominis'' Funke et al. 1996 * '' C. humilata'' corrig. (Gledhill and Casida 1969) Collins and Pascual 2000 * '' C. iranensis'' Elberson et al. 2000 * "'' C. macrotermitis''" Sun et al. 2018 * '' C. marina'' Zhang et al. 2013 * '' C. massiliensis'' Lagier et al. 2015 * '' C. oligotrophica'' Hatayama et al. 2013 * '' C. pakistanensis'' Ahmed et al. 2014 * '' C. persica'' Elberson et al. 2000 * '' C. phragmiteti'' Rusznyák et al. 2011 * '' C. rhizosphaerae'' Tian et al. 2019 * '' C. shaoxiangyii'' Tian et al. 2020 * '' C. soli'' Hatayama et al. 2013 * "'' C. taurus''" Zhang et al. 2021 * '' C. telluris'' Shi et al. 2020 * '' C. terrae'' An et al. 2005 * "'' C. timonensis''" Ndongo et al. 2018 * '' C. uda'' (Kellerman et al. 1913) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980) * '' C. xylanilytica'' Rivas et al. 2004

References

External links

* Micrococcales Bacteria genera {{Actinobacteria-stub