Iodidimonas is a genus of bacteria that oxidizes iodide (I−) to iodine (I2). It was isolated from iodide-rich brine associated with natural gas in Kujukuri, Japan.[1][3]
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| Order: | Iodidimonadales Iino et al. 2016[1]
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| Family: | Iodidimonadaceae Iino et al. 2016[1]
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| Genus: | Iodidimonas Iino et al. 2016[1]
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Geiger et alii (2023) suggest that Iodidimonas may be the closest living relative of mitochondria.[4] If true, this lineage and protomitochondria emerged from a common ancestor before the symbiogenetic event that gave rise to the eukaryotes.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Iino T, Ohkuma M, Kamagata Y, Amachi S (2016). "Iodidimonas muriae gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic iodide-oxidizing bacterium isolated from brine of a natural gas and iodine recovery facility, and proposals of Iodidimonadaceae fam. nov., Iodidimonadales ord. nov., Emcibacteraceae fam. nov. and Emcibacterales ord. nov". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 66 (12): 5016–22. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001462. PMID 27566239.
- ^ Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Iodidimonas". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ Amachi, Seigo; Iino, Takao (2022). "The Genus Iodidimonas: From Its Discovery to Potential Applications". Microorganisms. 10 (8): 1661. doi:10.3390/microorganisms10081661. PMC 9415286. PMID 36014078.
Esposti et al. thus hypothesized that Iodidimonas species may be a descendant of the ancestral bacteria that originated protomitochondria.
- ^ Geiger, Otto; Sanchez-Flores, Alejandro; Padilla-Gomez, Jonathan; degli Esposti, Mauro (2023). "Multiple approaches of cellular metabolism define the bacterial ancestry of mitochondria". Science Advances. 9 (32). doi:10.1126/sciadv.adh0066. PMC 10411912.
- ^ Eisenstadt, Abigail. "Marine Bacteria Genus May Hold Mitochondria's Closest Relatives". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
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