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Pigmentiphaga kullae

Pigmentiphaga kullae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Beta Proteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Alcaligenaceae
Genus: Pigmentiphaga
Species: P. kullae
Binomial name
Pigmentiphaga kullae
Blümel et al. 2001
Type strain
ATCC BAA-795, ATCCBAA-795, CCUG 47266, CIP 108234, DSM 13608, K24, LMG 21665, NCIMB 13708

Pigmentiphaga kullae is a gram-negative, oxidase and catalase-positive, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of Pigmentiphaga which has the ability to decolorize the azo dyes-compound 1-(4'-carboxyphenylazo)-4-naphthol aerobically and uses it as a sole source of carbon and energy.



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