Xanthobacter tagetidis

Xanthobacter tagetidis is a bacterium from the family of Xanthobacteraceae which has been isolated from soil from Root balls around the plant Tagetes patula in the United Kingdom.^[1][3][4][5] Xanthobacter tagetidis has the ability to grow on substituted thiophenes.^[4][6][7]

Xanthobacter tagetidis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Hyphomicrobiales
Family:	Xanthobacteraceae
Genus:	Xanthobacter
Species:	X. tagetidis
Binomial name
Xanthobacter tagetidis Padden et al. 1997[1]
Type strain
ATCC 700314, DSM 11105, NCIMB 13547, TAG-T2C, TagT2C[2]