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SUBMITTER: Lucas-Elio P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3368407 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Standards in genomic sciences 20120305 1
Marinomonas mediterranea MMB-1(T) Solano & Sanchez-Amat 1999 belongs to the family Oceanospirillaceae within the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is of interest because it is the only species described in the genus Marinomonas to date that can synthesize melanin pigments, which is mediated by the activity of a tyrosinase. M. mediterranea expresses other oxidases of biotechnological interest, such as a multicopper oxidase with laccase activity and a novel L-lysine-epsilon-oxidase. The 4,684,31 ...[more]