The Brevundimonas are a genus of bacteria. They are Gram-negative, non-fermenting, aerobic bacilli. The Brevundimonas species are ubiquitous in the environment but are rarely isolated from clinical samples.,[2] although numbers are increasing.[3] Two species of Brevundimonas originally classified under the genus Pseudomonas have been re-classified by Seger et al. as Brevundimonas vesicularis and Brevundimonas diminuta.[4]
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Etymology edit
The name Brevundimonas derives from: Latin adjective brevis, short; Latin feminine gender noun unda, a wave; Latin feminine gender noun monas (μονάς), nominally meaning "a unit", but in effect meaning a bacterium; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Brevundimonas, bacteria with short wavelength flagella.[1]
Members of the genus Brevundimonas can be referred to as brevundimonad (viz. Trivialisation of names).
Survival on Mars edit
Brevundimonas is one of few bacteria showing high survival rates under simulated Martian conditions.[5] Results from one of these experimental irradiation experiments, combined with previous radiation modeling, indicate that Brevundimonas sp. MV.7 em-placed only 30 cm deep in Martian dust could survive the cosmic radiation for up to 100,000 years before suffering 106 population reduction.[clarification needed]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Brevundimonas in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
- ^ Lee MR, Huang YT, Liao CH, Chuang TY, Lin CK, Lee SW, et al. (October 2011). "Bacteremia caused by Brevundimonas species at a tertiary care hospital in Taiwan, 2000-2010". European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 30 (10): 1185–91. doi:10.1007/s10096-011-1210-5. PMID 21461849.
- ^ Ryan MP, Pembroke JT (January 2018). "Brevundimonas spp: Emerging global opportunistic pathogens". Virulence. 9 (1): 480–493. doi:10.1080/21505594.2017.1419116. PMC 5955483. PMID 29484917.
- ^ Panasiti V, Devirgiliis V, Mancini M, Curzio M, Rossi M, Fioriti D, et al. (April 2008). "A cutaneous infection caused by Brevundimonas vesicularis: a case report". International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology. 21 (2): 457–61. doi:10.1177/039463200802100226. PMID 18547490.
- ^ Dartnell LR, Hunter SJ, Lovell KV, Coates AJ, Ward JM (September 2010). "Low-temperature ionizing radiation resistance of Deinococcus radiodurans and Antarctic Dry Valley bacteria". Astrobiology. 10 (7): 717–32. Bibcode:2010AsBio..10..717D. doi:10.1089/ast.2009.0439. PMID 20950171.
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