- Source: Methylorubrum rhodesianum
Methylorubrum rhodesianum is a species of alphaproteobacteria. It has been found on the International Space Station (ISS) amongst others.
Methylorubrum rhodesianum has the potential to be a biofertilizer due to its ability to fix nitrogen. By associating with plants, it can enhance nutrients and support plant growth, helping improve agricultural practices in a sustainable way.
References
Whittenbury, J. E., et al. "Studies on the methane-oxidizing bacterium." Journal of General Microbiology 77.1 (1973): 7-33.
Dunfield, Peter F., et al. "The Methanotrophs-The Families Methylococcaceae and Methylocystaceae." The Prokaryotes: Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria (2014): 105-134.
Further reading
Ackermann, Jörg-uwe; Müller, Susann; Lösche, Andreas; Bley, Thomas; Babel, wolfgang (1995). "Methylobacterium rhodesianum cells tend to double the DNA content under growth limitations and accumulate PHB". Journal of Biotechnology. 39 (1): 9–20. doi:10.1016/0168-1656(94)00138-3. ISSN 0168-1656.
Chen, Dong-Zhi; Ouyang, Du-Juan; Liu, Hong-Xia; Chen, Jing; Zhuang, Qing-Feng; Chen, Jian-Meng (2013). "Effective utilization of dichloromethane by a newly isolated strain Methylobacterium rhodesianum H13". Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 21 (2): 1010–1019. doi:10.1007/s11356-013-1972-7. ISSN 0944-1344. PMID 23856743. S2CID 10626224.
External links
"Methylorubrum rhodesianum". The Encyclopedia of Life.
LPSN
Type strain of Methylobacterium rhodesianum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
