Cellulomonas

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]

Cellulomonas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetes
Order:	Micrococcales
Family:	Cellulomonadaceae
Genus:	Cellulomonas Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)[1]
Type species
Cellulomonas flavigena
Species
See text.

Species

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

• C. persica Elberson et al. 2000
• C. phragmiteti Rusznyák et al. 2011
• C. rhizosphaerae Tian et al. 2019
• C. shaoxiangyii Tian et al. 2020
• C. soli Hatayama et al. 2013
• "C. taurus" Zhang et al. 2021
• C. telluris Shi et al. 2020
• C. terrae An et al. 2005
• "C. timonensis" Ndongo et al. 2018
• C. uda (Kellerman et al. 1913) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)
• C. xylanilytica Rivas et al. 2004