Pedobacter
Sign in to savePedobacter is a genus of Gram-negative soil-associated bacteria. Species including Pedobacter heparinus, formerly known as Flavobacterium heparinum, produce heparinase and are capable of using heparin as their sole carbon and nitrogen source.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumBacteroidota
- ClassBacteroidia
- OrderSphingobacteriales
- FamilySphingobacteriaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1
- Family
- Sphingobacteriaceae
- Collections
- CIIDIR-IPN
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Research
444 papers- Pedobacter montanisoli sp. nov., isolated from soil.International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology · 2023
- A review on the expanding biotechnological frontier of Pedobacter.Biotechnology advances · 2025
- Pedobacter changchengzhani sp. nov., isolated from soil of Antarctica.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2019
- Pedobacter miscanthi sp. nov., isolated from Miscanthus sinensis.International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology · 2019
- Pedobacter rhodius sp. nov. and Pedobacter punctiformis sp. nov., isolated from soil.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2024
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Sphingobacteriaceae
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- genus
- taxon name
- Pedobacter
- Gram staining
- gram-negative bacteria
- LPSN URL
- www.bacterio.net/pedobacter.html
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Encyclopedic overview
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Pedobacter is a genus of Gram-negative soil-associated bacteria. Species including Pedobacter heparinus, formerly known as Flavobacterium heparinum, produce heparinase and are capable of using heparin as their sole carbon and nitrogen source.
In molecular biology, Pedobacter has also been identified as a contaminant of DNA extraction kit reagents and ultra-pure water systems, which may lead to its erroneous appearance in microbiota or metagenomic datasets.
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