Paracoccus denitrificans

Paracoccus denitrificans, a Gram-negative, coccoid, hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium, formerly known as Micrococcus denitrificans, was first isolated in 1910 by Martinus Beijerinck. It was renamed in 1969 to Paracoccus denitrificans by Davis. Paracoccus denitrificans harbors many features also found in mitochondria and because of this, Paracoccus denitrificans is thought to be a plausible ancestor of the eukaryotic mitochondrion (endosymbiotic theory). The genome of P. denitrificans was sequenced in 2004.

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Paracoccus denitrificans