Roseomonas pecuniae is a species of Gram negative, strictly aerobic, coccobacilli-shaped, pinkish-red-colored bacterium. It was first isolated from the surface of a 50 Euro cent copper-alloy coin, and the species was first proposed in 2011. The species name comes from Latin pecuniae (of/from money or a coin).
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| Roseomonas pecuniae Lopes 2011
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The optimum growth temperature for R. pecuniae is 30 °C, but can grow in the 10-35 °C range. The optimum pH is 7.0.[1]
References
edit- ^ Lopes A, Santo CE, Grass G, Chung AP, Morais PV. Roseomonas pecuniae sp. nov., isolated from the surface of a copper-alloy coin. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2011 Mar 1;61(3):610-5.