''Pseudomonas nitroreducens'' is an aerobic, Gram-negative soil bacterium first isolated from oil brine in

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. It is able to synthesise polyhydroxybutyrate homopolymer (a

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) from medium chain length fatty acids. Based on 16S rRNA analysis, ''P. nitroreducens'' has been placed in the ''

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'' group.

References

External links

Type strain of ''Pseudomonas nitroreducens'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Pseudomonadales Bacteria described in 1964 {{Pseudomonadales-stub