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Cellulomonas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Micrococcales
Family:	Cellulomonadaceae
Genus:	Cellulomonas; Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)
Type species
	Cellulomonas flavigena;
Species
	See text.

Cellulomonas is a genus of Gram-positive rod-shaped bacteria.^[1] One of their main distinguishing features is their ability to degrade cellulose, using enzymes such as endoglucanase and exoglucanase.^[2] They are members of the Actinomycetota.^[3]

Species[edit]

Cellulomonas comprises the following species:^[4]

C. aerilata Lee et al. 2008
C. algicola Yamamura et al. 2019
C. biazotea (Kellerman et al. 1913) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)
C. bogoriensis Jones et al. 2005
C. carbonis Shi et al. 2012
C. cellasea (Kellerman et al. 1913) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)
C. chitinilytica Yoon et al. 2008
C. citrea Lee et al. 2020
C. composti Kang et al. 2007
C. denverensis Brown et al. 2005
C. endophytica Li et al. 2020
C. fimi (McBeth and Scales 1913) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)
C. flavigena (Kellerman and McBeth 1912) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)
C. fulva Dahal et al. 2022
C. gelida (Kellerman et al. 1913) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)
"C. gilvus" Christopherson et al. 2013
C. hominis Funke et al. 1996
C. humilata corrig. (Gledhill and Casida 1969) Collins and Pascual 2000
C. iranensis Elberson et al. 2000
"C. macrotermitis" Sun et al. 2018
C. marina Zhang et al. 2013
C. massiliensis Lagier et al. 2015
C. oligotrophica Hatayama et al. 2013
C. pakistanensis Ahmed et al. 2014
C. palmilytica Siriatcharanon et al. 2022

^ ^a ^b Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. (1923). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (1st ed.). Baltimore, MD: The Williams & Wilkins Co.
^ Glazer AN, Nikaido H. (2007). Microbial Biotechnology (2nd ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-72967-3.
^ Madigan MT, Martinko JM, Dunlap PV, Clark DP. (2009). Brock Biology of Microorganisms (12th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Pearson.
^ Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Cellulomonas". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 18, 2022.