Paracoccus versutus (DSM 582, ATCC 25364, CCM 2505)

Name: Paracoccus versutus (DSM 582, ATCC 25364, CCM 2505)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 13705

Type strain

Strain Designation A2

Culture col. no. DSM 582 ATCC 25364 CCM 2505 IAM 12814 A2 9 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 34007

Special Collections DSMZ JCM CIP

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Paracoccus versutus A2 is a mesophilic, Gram-negative, rod-shaped prokaryote that was isolated from soil.

Gram-negative rod-shaped mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 38520

ATCC 25364,DSM 582,CCM 2505,IAM 12814,IFO 14567,VKM B-2163,LMD 80.62,LMD 81.78,KCTC 2846,CIP 107117,NCCB 80062,NCCB 81078,NBRC 14567,JCM 20754

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:50:09

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Alphaproteobacteria

Order Rhodobacterales

Family Paracoccaceae

Genus Paracoccus

Species Paracoccus versutus

Full scientific name Paracoccus versutus (Harrison 1983) Katayama et al. 1996

Synonyms (2)

Thiobacillus rapidicrescens
Thiobacillus versutus

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Paracoccus versutus** (1)	Type strain
162990	P. versutus JCM 20755, ATCC 27793, IAM 12815, IFO 14568, ...

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
123826	negative	rod-shaped
125438	negative		96.5
125439	negative		99.3

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
299	STARKEYA NOVELLA MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 69)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: STARKEYA NOVELLA MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 69) Composition: Agar 14.9667 g/l (optional) Na2HPO4 x 12 H2O 10.5765 g/l Na2S2O3 x 5 H2O 5.0 g/l KH2PO4 1.49667 g/l NH4Cl 0.299335 g/l Yeast extract 0.299335 g/l Na2-EDTA 0.25 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.11 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.1 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.0277 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.0253 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.025 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.00805 g/l CuSO4 x 5 H2O 0.00785 g/l (NH4)6Mo7O24 x 4 H2O 0.0055 g/l Phenol red 0.0018 g/l Distilled water
33605	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
123826	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP
299	CASO AGAR (MERCK 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CASO AGAR (MERCK 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casein peptone 15.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Soy peptone 5.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
299	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
33605	positive	growth	25	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
123826	positive	growth	25-41
123826	negative	growth	5
123826	negative	growth	10

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	obligate aerobe	95.7

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125438		91.123
125439		97.4

Halophily

@ref	Salt	Growth	Tested relation	Concentration
123826	NaCl	positive	growth	0-6 %
123826	NaCl		growth	8 %
123826	NaCl		growth	10 %

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
123826	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis
123826	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
123826	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	respiration
123826	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	+	reduction

Antibiotic resistance

@ref	Metabolite	Is antibiotic	Is sensitive	Is resistant
123826	0129 (2,4-Diamino-6,7-di-iso-propylpteridine phosphate)

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
123826	35581 ChEBI	indole

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Voges-proskauer-test
123826	15688 ChEBI	acetoin	-

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	-	3.1.3.2	from API zym
123826	alcohol dehydrogenase	-	1.1.1.1
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	+	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
123826	amylase	-
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
123826	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
123826	caseinase	-	3.4.21.50
123826	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
123826	DNase	-
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
123826	gelatinase	-
123826	lecithinase	-
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
123826	lipase	-
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
123826	lysine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.18
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
123826	ornithine decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.17
123826	oxidase	+
123826	protease	-
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
123826	tryptophan deaminase	-
123826	tween esterase	+
123826	urease	+	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
123826	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-

API biotype100

@ref	ControlQ	D-glucose as carbon sourceGLU	D-fructose as carbon sourceFRU	D-galactose as carbon sourceGAL	D-trehalose as carbon sourceTRE	D-mannose as carbon sourceMNE	L-sorbose as carbon sourceSBE	D-melibiose as carbon sourceMEL	sucrose as carbon sourceSAC	D-raffinose as carbon sourceRAF	maltotriose as carbon sourceMTE	maltose as carbon sourceMAL	lactose as carbon sourceLAC	lactulose as carbon sourceLTE	1-O-methyl-beta-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGa	1-O-methyl-alpha-galactopyranoside as carbon sourceMaGa	D-cellobiose as carbon sourceCEL	gentiobiose as carbon sourceGEN	1-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside as carbon sourceMbGu	esculin as carbon sourceESC	D-ribose as carbon sourceRIB	L-arabinose as carbon sourceARA	D-xylose as carbon sourceXYL	palatinose as carbon sourcePLE	L-rhamnose as carbon sourceRHA	L-fucose as carbon sourceFUC	D-melezitose as carbon sourceMLZ	D-arabitol as carbon sourceDARL	L-arabitol as carbon sourceLARL	xylitol as carbon sourceXLT	dulcitol as carbon sourceDUL	D-tagatose as carbon sourceTAG	glycerol as carbon sourceGLY	myo-inositol as carbon sourceINO	D-mannitol as carbon sourceMAN	maltitol as carbon sourceMTL	D-turanose as carbon sourceTUR	D-sorbitol as carbon sourceSOR	adonitol as carbon sourceADO	hydroxyquinoline-beta-glucuronide as carbon sourceHBG	D-lyxose as carbon sourceLYX	i-erythritol as carbon sourceERY	1-O-methyl-alpha-D-glucoside as carbon sourceMDG	3-O-methyl-D-glucose as carbon source3MDG	D-saccharate as carbon sourceSAT	mucate as carbon sourceMUC	L-tartrate as carbon sourceLTAT	D-tartrate as carbon sourceDTAT	meso-tartrate as carbon sourceMTAT	D-malate as carbon sourceDMLT	L-malate as carbon sourceLMLT	cis-aconitate as carbon sourceCATE	trans-aconitate as carbon sourceTATE	tricarballylate as carbon sourceTTE	citrate as carbon sourceCIT	D-glucuronate as carbon sourceGRT	D-galacturonate as carbon sourceGAT	2-ketogluconate as carbon source2KG	5-ketogluconate as carbon source5KG	tryptophan as carbon sourceTRY	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as carbon sourceNAG	D-gluconate as carbon sourceGNT	phenylacetate as carbon sourcePAC	protocatechuate as carbon sourcePAT	4-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcepOBE	quinate as carbon sourceQAT	gentisate as carbon sourceGTE	3-hydroxybenzoate as carbon sourcemOBE	benzoate as carbon sourceBAT	3-phenylpropionate as carbon sourcePPAT	m-coumarate as carbon sourceCMT	trigonelline as carbon sourceTGE	betaine as carbon sourceBET	putrescine as carbon sourcePCE	4-aminobutyrate as carbon sourceABT	histamine as carbon sourceHIN	DL-lactate as carbon sourceLAT	caprate as carbon sourceCAP	caprylate as carbon sourceCYT	L-histidine as carbon sourceHIS	succinate as carbon sourceSUC	fumarate as carbon sourceFUM	glutarate as carbon sourceGRE	DL-glycerate as carbon sourceGYT	5-aminovalerate as carbon sourceAVT	ethanolamine as carbon sourceETN	tryptamine as carbon sourceTTN	D-glucosamine as carbon sourceGLN	itaconate as carbon sourceITA	3-hydroxybutyrate as carbon source3OBU	L-aspartate as carbon sourceAPT	L-glutamate as carbon sourceGTT	L-proline as carbon sourcePRO	D-alanine as carbon sourceDALA	L-alanine as carbon sourceLALA	L-serine as carbon sourceSER	malonate as carbon sourceMNT	propionate as carbon sourcePROP	L-tyrosine as carbon sourceTYR	2-ketoglutarate as carbon source2KT
123826	not determinedn.d.	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	+	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type
299	soil
67770	Soil
123826	Enrichment medium for Thiobacillus denitrificans

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence Y16932 (>99% sequence identity) for Paracoccus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	2441
Soil Samples	932
Animal Samples	1611
Plant Samples	205
Total Samples	5189

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
299	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
123826	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	ASM338704v1 assembly for Paracoccus versutus DSM 582	scaffold	GCA_003387045	34007.16	2615840723	34007	53.11
67770	ASM76388v1 assembly for Paracoccus versutus DSM 582	contig	GCA_000763885	34007.4	2713897089	34007	40.68

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Paracoccus versutus gene for 16S rRNA, strain: IAM 12814	D32243	1383	34007
20218	Paracoccus versutus 16S rRNA gene, strain DSM 582	Y16931	1393	34007
20218	Paracoccus versutus 16S rRNA gene, strain ATCC 25364	Y16932	1393	34007
299	Paracoccus versutus 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AY014174	1457	34007
67770	Paracoccus versutus gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 14567	AB680633	1386	34007
124043	Paracoccus versutus strain NBRC 14567 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	ON406415	1386	34007

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
299	65.0
67770	67.6	genome sequence analysis

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Paracoccus versutus DSM 582
NCBI: GCA_003387045

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	97.40	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	67.80	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	99.30	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	95.70	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Paracoccus versutus DSM 582
PATRIC: 34007.4

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	96.50	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	95.30	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	91.12	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	85.08	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	96.44	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	52.64	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Whole-genome draft assemblies of Paracoccus pantotrophus DSM 11073 and Paracoccus sp. AS002: Phylogenetics entails classification as Paracoccus versutus AS002.	Pal U, Bachmann D, Fenske L, Blank LM, Tiso T.	J Biosci Bioeng	10.1016/j.jbiosc.2025.09.003	2025
	Draft Genome Sequence and Annotation of Paracoccus versutus MAL 1HM19, a Nitrate-Reducing, Sulfide-Oxidizing Bacterium.	Watsuntorn W, Kojonna T, Rene ER, Lens PNL, Chulalaksananukul W.	Microbiol Resour Announc	10.1128/mra.01419-19	2020
	Performances and microbial features of an aerobic packed-bed biofilm reactor developed to post-treat an olive mill effluent from an anaerobic GAC reactor.	Bertin L, Colao MC, Ruzzi M, Marchetti L, Fava F.	Microb Cell Fact	10.1186/1475-2859-5-16	2006
Metabolism	Cloning and characterization of sulfite dehydrogenase, two c-type cytochromes, and a flavoprotein of Paracoccus denitrificans GB17: essential role of sulfite dehydrogenase in lithotrophic sulfur oxidation.	Wodara C, Bardischewsky F, Friedrich CG.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.179.16.5014-5023.1997	1997
Genetics	Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria.	Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468	2020
Metabolism	A soxA gene, encoding a diheme cytochrome c, and a sox locus, essential for sulfur oxidation in a new sulfur lithotrophic bacterium.	Mukhopadhyaya PN, Deb C, Lahiri C, Roy P.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.182.15.4278-4287.2000	2000
Metabolism	Molecular genetics of the genus Paracoccus: metabolically versatile bacteria with bioenergetic flexibility.	Baker SC, Ferguson SJ, Ludwig B, Page MD, Richter OM, van Spanning RJ.	Microbiol Mol Biol Rev	10.1128/mmbr.62.4.1046-1078.1998	1998
	Anaerobic pyrene biodegradation coupled to nitrate reduction by a Paracoccus versutus strain PYRN-PV.	Lin Z, Zhang Z, Wang Y, Yang Z.	J Environ Manage	10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127965	2025
	Unveiling the dual role of Paracoccus versutus XT0.6 in stibnite dissolution: From aerobic promotion to anaerobic inhibition.	Li M, Wang H, Qiu X, Wang W, Zhang X, Liu D, Ma L, Lu X.	J Hazard Mater	10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.140532	2025
	Simultaneous removal of nitrogen and phosphorus by aerobic denitrifying Paracoccus versutus JUST-3.	Wang H, Sun Y, Zhou X, Zhu C, Wang X, Abbasi HN, Geng H, Zhu G, Wang X, Dai H.	Bioresour Technol	10.1016/j.biortech.2025.132457	2025
	Biodegradation efficiency and mechanism of erythromycin degradation by Paracoccus versutus W7.	Ren J, Qi X, Zhang J, Niu D, Shen Y, Yu C, Zhi J, Wang C, Jiang X, Zhang W, Li C.	J Environ Manage	10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117372	2023
Genetics	Unexplored diversity and potential functions of extra-chromosomal elements.	Liu H, Sun J, Si J, Liao Y, Bai J, Li X, Wang L, Cai K, Ni W, Zhou P, Hu S.	mSystems	10.1128/msystems.00175-25	2025
Phylogeny	Paracoccus bengalensis is a later heterotypic synonym of Paracoccus versutu.	Liu Y, Pei T, Zhu H.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.004014	2020
Metabolism	Effect of rhizospheric inoculation of isolated arsenic (As) tolerant strains on growth, As-uptake and bacterial communities in association with Adiantum capillus-veneris.	Marwa N, Mishra N, Singh N, Mishra A, Saxena G, Pandey V, Singh N.	Ecotoxicol Environ Saf	10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.110498	2020
	Paracoccus versutus KS293 adaptation to aerobic and anaerobic denitrification: Insights from nitrogen removal, functional gene abundance, and proteomic profiling analysis.	Zhang H, Zhao Z, Chen S, Kang P, Wang Y, Feng J, Jia J, Yan M, Wang Y, Xu L.	Bioresour Technol	10.1016/j.biortech.2018.03.123	2018
	Effects of cobalt-histidine absorbent on aerobic denitrification by Paracoccus versutus LYM.	Sun C, Zhang Y, Qu Z, Zhou J.	AMB Express	10.1186/s13568-019-0927-x	2019
	Electrochemical and Microbial Dissection of Electrified Biotrickling Filters.	Korth B, Pous N, Honig R, Haus P, Correa FB, Nunes da Rocha U, Puig S, Harnisch F.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2022.869474	2022
Metabolism	Effective and characteristics of anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonate (AQDS) on denitrification by Paracoccus versutus sp.GW1.	Li H, Guo J, Lian J, Zhao L, Xi Z, Du H, Yang J.	Environ Technol	10.1080/09593330.2013.781198	2013
	Nitrogen Removal Performance and Metabolic Pathways Analysis of a Novel Aerobic Denitrifying Halotolerant Pseudomonas balearica strain RAD-17.	Ruan Y, Taherzadeh MJ, Kong D, Lu H, Zhao H, Xu X, Liu Y, Cai L.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms8010072	2020
Metabolism	Catalyzing denitrification of Paracoccus versutus by immobilized 1,5-dichloroanthraquinone.	Liu H, Guo J, Qu J, Lian J, Jefferson W, Yang J, Li H.	Biodegradation	10.1007/s10532-011-9518-5	2012
Enzymology	Nitrate and COD removal in an upflow biofilter under an aerobic atmosphere.	Ji B, Wang H, Yang K.	Bioresour Technol	10.1016/j.biortech.2014.02.025	2014
Genetics	Phylogenomic Framework for Taxonomic Delineation of Paracoccus spp. and Exploration of Core-Pan Genome.	Puri A, Bajaj A, Lal S, Singh Y, Lal R.	Indian J Microbiol	10.1007/s12088-021-00929-3	2021
Metabolism	Biodegradation of semiconductor volatile organic compounds by four novel bacterial strains: a kinetic analysis.	Su TT, Lin CW, I YP, Wu CH.	Bioprocess Biosyst Eng	10.1007/s00449-012-0696-2	2012
Metabolism	Structural comparison of crystal and solution states of the 138 kDa complex of methylamine dehydrogenase and amicyanin from Paracoccus versutus.	Cavalieri C, Biermann N, Vlasie MD, Einsle O, Merli A, Ferrari D, Ferrari D, Rossi GL, Ubbink M.	Biochemistry	10.1021/bi7023749	2008
	Protonation of type-1 Cu bound histidines: a quantum chemical study.	Su P, Li H.	Inorg Chem	10.1021/ic9012735	2010
Metabolism	Multiple levels of transcriptional regulation control glycolate metabolism in Paracoccus denitrificans.	Schada von Borzyskowski L, Hermann L, Kremer K, Barthel S, Pommerenke B, Glatter T, Paczia N, Bremer E, Erb TJ.	mBio	10.1128/mbio.01524-24	2024
Metabolism	The sulfonated osmolyte N-methyltaurine is dissimilated by Alcaligenes faecalis and by Paracoccus versutus with release of methylamine.	Weinitschke S, Denger K, Smits THM, Hollemeyer K, Cook AM.	Microbiology (Reading)	10.1099/mic.0.28622-0	2006
	Molecular dynamics of amicyanin reveals a conserved dynamical core for blue copper proteins.	Rizzuti B, Sportelli L, Guzzi R.	Proteins	10.1002/prot.22204	2009
	The effect of replacing the axial methionine ligand with a lysine residue in cytochrome c-550 from Paracoccus versutus assessed by X-ray crystallography and unfolding.	Worrall JA, van Roon AM, Ubbink M, Canters GW.	FEBS J	10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04664.x	2005
Pathogenicity	Inhibitory effects of sulfamic acid on three thiosulfate-oxidizing chemolithotrophs.	Lusty JR, Hughes MN, Kelly DP.	FEMS Microbiol Lett	10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00437.x	2006
	Characterization of the replicator region of megaplasmid pTAV3 of Paracoccus versutus and search for plasmid-encoded traits.	Bartosik D, Baj J, Bartosik AA, Wlodarczyk M.	Microbiology (Reading)	10.1099/00221287-148-3-871	2002
Metabolism	The peroxidase activity of cytochrome c-550 from Paracoccus versutus.	Diederix RE, Ubbink M, Canters GW.	Eur J Biochem	10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02335.x	2001
	The Met99Gln mutant of amicyanin from Paracoccus versutus.	Diederix RE, Canters GW, Dennison C.	Biochemistry	10.1021/bi000648o	2000
Metabolism	The effects of ligand exchange and mobility on the peroxidase activity of a bacterial cytochrome c upon unfolding.	Worrall JA, Diederix RE, Prudencio M, Lowe CE, Ciofi-Baffoni S, Ubbink M, Canters GW.	Chembiochem	10.1002/cbic.200400291	2005
Metabolism	Phylogenetically diverse new sulfur chemolithotrophs of alpha-proteobacteria isolated from Indian soils.	Deb C, Stackebrandt E, Pradella S, Saha A, Roy P.	Curr Microbiol	10.1007/s00284-003-4250-y	2004
Metabolism	The pH-dependent redox inactivation of amicyanin from Paracoccus versutus as studied by rapid protein-film voltammetry.	Jeuken LC, Camba R, Armstrong FA, Canters GW.	J Biol Inorg Chem	10.1007/s007750100269	2002
	Crystallographic and NMR investigation of cobalt-substituted amicyanin.	Carrell CJ, Wang X, Jones L, Jarrett WL, Davidson VL, Mathews FS.	Biochemistry	10.1021/bi049635r	2004
Metabolism	Kinetic stability of the peroxidase activity of unfolded cytochrome c: heme degradation and catalyst inactivation by hydrogen peroxide.	Diederix RE, Fittipaldi M, Worrall JA, Huber M, Ubbink M, Canters GW.	Inorg Chem	10.1021/ic0343861	2003
Enzymology	Role of tryptophan 121 in the soluble CuA domain of cytochrome c oxidase: structure and electron transfer studies.	Song AX, Li LZ, Yu T, Chen SM, Huang ZX.	Protein Eng	10.1093/protein/gzg059	2003
	Molecular and functional analysis of pTAV320, a repABC-type replicon of the Paracoccus versutus composite plasmid pTAV1.	Bartosik D, Baj J, Wlodarczyk M.	Microbiology (Reading)	10.1099/00221287-144-11-3149	1998
	Comparative characterization of repABC-type replicons of Paracoccus pantotrophus composite plasmids.	Bartosik D, Baj J, Piechucka E, Waker E, Wlodarczyk M.	Plasmid	10.1016/s0147-619x(02)00100-2	2002
	Control of metalloprotein reduction potential: compensation phenomena in the reduction thermodynamics of blue copper proteins.	Battistuzzi G, Bellei M, Borsari M, Canters GW, de Waal E, Jeuken LJ, Ranieri A, Sola M.	Biochemistry	10.1021/bi034585w	2003
	Replacement of the methionine axial ligand in cytochrome c(550) by a lysine: effects on the haem electronic structure.	Louro RO, de Waal EC, Ubbink M, Turner DL.	FEBS Lett	10.1016/s0014-5793(01)03272-0	2002
	Thermodynamics of the acid transition in blue copper proteins.	Battistuzzi G, Borsari M, Canters GW, de Waal E, Leonardi A, Ranieri A, Sola M.	Biochemistry	10.1021/bi026564s	2002
	An amicyanin C-terminal loop mutant where the active-site histidine donor cannot be protonated.	Remenyi R, Jeuken LJ, Comba P, Canters GW.	J Biol Inorg Chem	10.1007/s007750000178	2001
Enzymology	Experimental identification and quantification of glucose metabolism in seven bacterial species.	Fuhrer T, Fischer E, Sauer U.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.187.5.1581-1590.2005	2005
	Sequence diversity of the plasmid replication gene repC in the Rhizobiaceae.	Palmer KM, Turner SL, Young JP.	Plasmid	10.1006/plas.2000.1488	2000
Phylogeny	Proposal for the reclassification of Thiobacillus novellus as Starkeya novella gen. nov., comb. nov., in the alpha-subclass of the Proteobacteria.	Kelly DP, McDonald IR, Wood AP.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-50-5-1797	2000
	Construction of mobilizable cloning vectors derived from pBGS18 and their application for analysis of replicator region of a pTAV202 mini-derivative of Paracoccus versutus pTAV1 plasmid.	Bartosik D, Bialkowska A, Baj J, Wlodarczyk M.	Acta Microbiol Pol		1997
Metabolism	Physicochemical characterization of Pseudomonas stutzeri UFV5 and analysis of its transcriptome under heterotrophic nitrification/aerobic denitrification pathway induction condition.	Silva LCF, Lima HS, Mendes TAO, Sartoratto A, Sousa MP, de Souza RS, de Paula SO, de Oliveira VM, Silva CC.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-020-59279-7	2020
	Expression of plastocyanin and cytochrome f of the cyanobacterium Phormidium laminosum in Escherichia coli and Paracoccus denitrificans and the role of leader peptides.	Schlarb BG, Wagner MJ, Vijgenboom E, Ubbink M, Bendall DS, Howe CJ.	Gene	10.1016/s0378-1119(99)00198-5	1999
	Examination of Quaternary Ammonium Compound Resistance in Proteus mirabilis Isolated from Cooked Meat Products in China.	Jiang X, Yu T, Liu L, Li Y, Zhang K, Wang H, Shi L.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2017.02417	2017
Phylogeny	A re-evaluation of the taxonomy of Paracoccus denitrificans and a proposal for the combination Paracoccus pantotrophus comb. nov.	Rainey FA, Kelly DP, Stackebrandt E, Burghardt J, Hiraishi A, Katayama Y, Wood AP.	Int J Syst Bacteriol	10.1099/00207713-49-2-645	1999
Metabolism	In vivo creation of plasmid pCRT01 and its use for the construction of carotenoid-producing Paracoccus spp. strains that grow efficiently on industrial wastes.	Maj A, Dziewit L, Drewniak L, Garstka M, Krucon T, Piatkowska K, Gieczewska K, Czarnecki J, Furmanczyk E, Lasek R, Baj J, Bartosik D.	Microb Cell Fact	10.1186/s12934-020-01396-z	2020
	Paramagnetic NMR studies of blue and purple copper proteins.	Kolczak U, Salgado J, Siegal G, Saraste M, Canters GW.	Biospectroscopy	10.1002/(sici)1520-6343(1999)5:5+3.0.co;2-h	1999
Enzymology	Understanding the electronic properties of the CuA site from the soluble domain of cytochrome c oxidase through paramagnetic 1H NMR.	Salgado J, Warmerdam G, Bubacco L, Canters GW.	Biochemistry	10.1021/bi9728598	1998
	Complete nucleotide sequence of the replicator region of Paracoccus (Thiobacillus) versutus pTAV1 plasmid and its correlation to several plasmids of Agrobacterium and Rhizobium species.	Bartosik D, Wlodarczyk M, Thomas CM.	Plasmid	10.1006/plas.1997.1295	1997
Metabolism	Pressure and temperature dependence of enantioselective excited-state quenching of chiral Tb(III) and Eu(III) tris(pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate) chelates by various C-type ferricytochromes.	Meskers SC, Dekkers HP.	Enantiomer		1998
Genetics	Thermal Endurance by a Hot-Spring-Dwelling Phylogenetic Relative of the Mesophilic Paracoccus.	Mondal N, Roy C, Chatterjee S, Sarkar J, Dutta S, Bhattacharya S, Chakraborty R, Ghosh W.	Microbiol Spectr	10.1128/spectrum.01606-22	2022
Metabolism	Bifunctional Malic/Malolactic Enzyme Provides a Novel Mechanism for NADPH-Balancing in Bacillus subtilis.	Horl M, Fuhrer T, Zamboni N.	mBio	10.1128/mbio.03438-20	2021
Phylogeny	Autotrophic growth on carbon disulfide is a property of novel strains of Paracoccus denitrificans.	Jordan SL, McDonald IR, Kraczkiewicz-Dowjat AJ, Kelly DP, Rainey FA, Murrell JC, Wood AP.	Arch Microbiol	10.1007/s002030050492	1997
Metabolism	Modelling overflow metabolism in Escherichia coli with flux balance analysis incorporating differential proteomic efficiencies of energy pathways.	Zeng H, Yang A.	BMC Syst Biol	10.1186/s12918-018-0677-4	2019
Metabolism	Characterization of two diesel fuel degrading microbial consortia enriched from a non acclimated, complex source of microorganisms.	Zanaroli G, Di Toro S, Todaro D, Varese GC, Bertolotto A, Fava F.	Microb Cell Fact	10.1186/1475-2859-9-10	2010
Metabolism	Open and Lys-His Hexacoordinated Closed Structures of a Globin with Swapped Proximal and Distal Sites.	Teh AH, Saito JA, Najimudin N, Alam M.	Sci Rep	10.1038/srep11407	2015
Enzymology	Nature's nitrite-to-ammonia expressway, with no stop at dinitrogen.	Kroneck PMH.	J Biol Inorg Chem	10.1007/s00775-021-01921-4	2022
Metabolism	Different biochemical mechanisms ensure network-wide balancing of reducing equivalents in microbial metabolism.	Fuhrer T, Sauer U.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.01523-08	2009
	Identification of the partitioning site within the repABC-type replicon of the composite Paracoccus versutus plasmid pTAV1.	Bartosik D, Szymanik M, Wysocka E.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.183.21.6234-6243.2001	2001
Genetics	Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov.	Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2021.683109	2021
Metabolism	The axial ligand and extent of protein folding determine whether Zn or Cu binds to amicyanin.	Ma JK, Lee S, Choi M, Bishop GR, Hosler JP, Davidson VL.	J Inorg Biochem	10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2007.09.007	2008
	Oxidative stress and starvation in Dinoroseobacter shibae: the role of extrachromosomal elements.	Soora M, Tomasch J, Wang H, Michael V, Petersen J, Engelen B, Wagner-Dobler I, Cypionka H.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2015.00233	2015
Genetics	Genomic Analysis of Shewanella sp. O23S-The Natural Host of the pSheB Plasmid Carrying Genes for Arsenic Resistance and Dissimilatory Reduction.	Uhrynowski W, Radlinska M, Drewniak L.	Int J Mol Sci	10.3390/ijms20051018	2019
Metabolism	Tetrathionate-forming thiosulfate dehydrogenase from the acidophilic, chemolithoautotrophic bacterium Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans.	Kikumoto M, Nogami S, Kanao T, Takada J, Kamimura K.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02251-12	2013
	Structural basis for cytochrome c Y67H mutant to function as a peroxidase.	Lan W, Wang Z, Yang Z, Ying T, Zhang X, Tan X, Liu M, Cao C, Huang ZX.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0107305	2014
	Isolation of aerobic cultivable cellulolytic bacteria from different regions of the gastrointestinal tract of giant land snail Achatina fulica.	Pinheiro GL, Correa RF, Cunha RS, Cardoso AM, Chaia C, Clementino MM, Garcia ES, de Souza W, Frases S.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2015.00860	2015
Metabolism	Fluxome study of Pseudomonas fluorescens reveals major reorganisation of carbon flux through central metabolic pathways in response to inactivation of the anti-sigma factor MucA.	Lien SK, Niedenfuhr S, Sletta H, Noh K, Bruheim P.	BMC Syst Biol	10.1186/s12918-015-0148-0	2015
	Plasmid diversity in arctic strains of Psychrobacter spp.	Dziewit L, Cegielski A, Romaniuk K, Uhrynowski W, Szych A, Niesiobedzki P, Zmuda-Baranowska MJ, Zdanowski MK, Bartosik D.	Extremophiles	10.1007/s00792-013-0521-0	2013
	Beyond Chloride Brines: Variable Metabolomic Responses in the Anaerobic Organism Yersinia intermedia MASE-LG-1 to NaCl and MgSO₄ at Identical Water Activity.	Schwendner P, Bohmeier M, Rettberg P, Beblo-Vranesevic K, Gaboyer F, Moissl-Eichinger C, Perras AK, Vannier P, Marteinsson VT, Garcia-Descalzo L, Gomez F, Malki M, Amils R, Westall F, Riedo A, Monaghan EP, Ehrenfreund P, Cabezas P, Walter N, Cockell C.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2018.00335	2018
Genetics	Curing the Megaplasmid pTT27 from Thermus thermophilus HB27 and Maintaining Exogenous Plasmids in the Plasmid-Free Strain.	Ohtani N, Tomita M, Itaya M.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.03603-15	2015
	pH-dependent transition between delocalized and trapped valence states of a CuA center and its possible role in proton-coupled electron transfer.	Hwang HJ, Lu Y.	Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A	10.1073/pnas.0403473101	2004
Phylogeny	Species-level bacterial community profiling of the healthy sinonasal microbiome using Pacific Biosciences sequencing of full-length 16S rRNA genes.	Earl JP, Adappa ND, Krol J, Bhat AS, Balashov S, Ehrlich RL, Palmer JN, Workman AD, Blasetti M, Sen B, Hammond J, Cohen NA, Ehrlich GD, Mell JC.	Microbiome	10.1186/s40168-018-0569-2	2018
	Avoiding the Enumeration of Infeasible Elementary Flux Modes by Including Transcriptional Regulatory Rules in the Enumeration Process Saves Computational Costs.	Jungreuthmayer C, Ruckerbauer DE, Gerstl MP, Hanscho M, Zanghellini J.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0129840	2015
Phylogeny	Characterization of Halomonas sp. ZM3 isolated from the Zelazny Most post-flotation waste reservoir, with a special focus on its mobile DNA.	Dziewit L, Pyzik A, Matlakowska R, Baj J, Szuplewska M, Bartosik D.	BMC Microbiol	10.1186/1471-2180-13-59	2013
Genetics	Architecture and functions of a multipartite genome of the methylotrophic bacterium Paracoccus aminophilus JCM 7686, containing primary and secondary chromids.	Dziewit L, Czarnecki J, Wibberg D, Radlinska M, Mrozek P, Szymczak M, Schluter A, Puhler A, Bartosik D.	BMC Genomics	10.1186/1471-2164-15-124	2014
	ANCHOR: a 16S rRNA gene amplicon pipeline for microbial analysis of multiple environmental samples.	Gonzalez E, Pitre FE, Brereton NJB.	Environ Microbiol	10.1111/1462-2920.14632	2019
Metabolism	Population analysis in a denitrifying sand filter: conventional and in situ identification of Paracoccus spp. in methanol-fed biofilms.	Neef A, Zaglauer A, Meier H, Amann R, Lemmer H, Schleifer KH.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.62.12.4329-4339.1996	1996
Genetics	Comparative metagenomics of microbial communities inhabiting deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimneys with contrasting chemistries.	Xie W, Wang F, Guo L, Chen Z, Sievert SM, Meng J, Huang G, Li Y, Yan Q, Wu S, Wang X, Chen S, He G, Xiao X, Xu A.	ISME J	10.1038/ismej.2010.144	2011
	The SXT conjugative element and linear prophage N15 encode toxin-antitoxin-stabilizing systems homologous to the tad-ata module of the Paracoccus aminophilus plasmid pAMI2.	Dziewit L, Jazurek M, Drewniak L, Baj J, Bartosik D.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.01610-06	2007
Metabolism	L-cysteate sulpho-lyase, a widespread pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-coupled desulphonative enzyme purified from Silicibacter pomeroyi DSS-3(T).	Denger K, Smits TH, Cook AM.	Biochem J	10.1042/bj20051311	2006
Metabolism	Combined fluxomics and transcriptomics analysis of glucose catabolism via a partially cyclic pentose phosphate pathway in Gluconobacter oxydans 621H.	Hanke T, Noh K, Noack S, Polen T, Bringer S, Sahm H, Wiechert W, Bott M.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.03414-12	2013
Metabolism	Extending the models for iron and sulfur oxidation in the extreme acidophile Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans.	Quatrini R, Appia-Ayme C, Denis Y, Jedlicki E, Holmes DS, Bonnefoy V.	BMC Genomics	10.1186/1471-2164-10-394	2009
Metabolism	Insertion mutation of the form I cbbL gene encoding ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO) in Thiobacillus neapolitanus results in expression of form II RuBisCO, loss of carboxysomes, and an increased CO2 requirement for growth.	Baker SH, Jin S, Aldrich HC, Howard GT, Shively JM.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.180.16.4133-4139.1998	1998
Metabolism	Chloromethane-dependent expression of the cmu gene cluster of Hyphomicrobium chloromethanicum.	Borodina E, McDonald IR, Murrell JC.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.70.7.4177-4186.2004	2004
Genetics	oriT-directed cloning of defined large regions from bacterial genomes: identification of the Sinorhizobium meliloti pExo megaplasmid replicator region.	Chain PS, Hernandez-Lucas I, Golding B, Finan TM.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.182.19.5486-5494.2000	2000
Metabolism	Cytochrome complex essential for photosynthetic oxidation of both thiosulfate and sulfide in Rhodovulum sulfidophilum.	Appia-Ayme C, Little PJ, Matsumoto Y, Leech AP, Berks BC.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.183.20.6107-6118.2001	2001
	Growth Characteristics of Chlorella sorokiniana in a Photobioreactor during the Utilization of Different Forms of Nitrogen at Various Temperatures.	Ziganshina EE, Bulynina SS, Ziganshin AM.	Plants (Basel)	10.3390/plants11081086	2022
Metabolism	Involvement of membrane vesicles in long-chain-AHL delivery in Paracoccus species.	Morinaga K, Nagakubo T, Nomura N, Toyofuku M	Environ Microbiol Rep	10.1111/1758-2229.12843	2020
Enzymology	Distribution of amine oxidases and amine dehydrogenases in bacteria grown on primary amines and characterization of the amine oxidase from Klebsiella oxytoca.	Hacisalihoglu A, Jongejan JA, Duine JA	Microbiology (Reading)	10.1099/00221287-143-2-505	1997
Enzymology	Porin from Thiobacillus versutus.	Woitzik D, Benz R, Lustig A, Weckesser J	FEMS Microbiol Lett	10.1016/0378-1097(89)90238-3	1989
Metabolism	Albidovulum inexpectatum gen. nov., sp. nov., a nonphotosynthetic and slightly thermophilic bacterium from a marine hot spring that is very closely related to members of the photosynthetic genus Rhodovulum.	Albuquerque L, Santos J, Travassos P, Nobre MF, Rainey FA, Wait R, Empadinhas N, Silva MT, da Costa MS.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.68.9.4266-4273.2002	2002
Phylogeny	Paracoccus halophilus sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment of the South China Sea, China, and emended description of genus Paracoccus Davis 1969.	Liu ZP, Wang BJ, Liu XY, Dai X, Liu YH, Liu SJ.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.65237-0	2008
Enzymology	Paracoccus bengalensis sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph from the rhizospheric soil of an Indian tropical leguminous plant.	Ghosh W, Mandal S, Roy P.	Syst Appl Microbiol	10.1016/j.syapm.2005.10.004	2006
Phylogeny	Paracoccus thiocyanatus sp. nov., a new species of thiocyanate-utilizing facultative chemolithotroph, and transfer of Thiobacillus versutus to the genus Paracoccus as Paracoccus versutus comb. nov. with emendation of the genus.	Katayama Y, Hiraishi A, Kuraishi H.	Microbiology (Reading)	10.1099/13500872-141-6-1469	1995

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