Basfia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Pasteurellales |
Family: | Pasteurellaceae |
Genus: | Basfia Kuhnert et al. 2010 |
Species: | B. succiniciproducens
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Binomial name | |
Basfia succiniciproducens Kuhnert et al. 2010
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Basfia is a monotypic genus of bacterium from the Pasteurellaceae family, first described in 2010.[1] Its only species, Basfia succiniciproducens, is a gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, and immobile bacterium.[2] It was first isolated from bovine rumen in 2008.[3][4] Its ability to produce relatively large quantities of succinic acid through fermentation in biomass hydrolysates is potentially important for industrial biotechnology.[5]