Comamonas nitrativorans
| Comamonas nitrativorans | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Burkholderiales |
| Family: | Comamonadaceae |
| Genus: | Comamonas |
| Species: | C. nitrativorans |
| Binomial name | |
| Comamonas nitrativorans Etchebehere et al. 2001 | |
| Type strain | |
| 23310, CCT 7062, CCUG 45781, CIP 107121, DSM 13191, LMG 20949, NCCB 100007, strain 23310 | |
Comamonas nitrativorans is a Gram-negative, oxidase- and catalase-positive bacterium from the genus Comamonas, which was isolated from a denitrifying reactor treating landfill leachate. C. nitrativorans has the ability to perform anoxic-reduction of nitrate, nitrite, and nitrous oxide to nitrogen.