''Defluviimonas nitratireducens'' is a
Gram-negative
Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that, unlike gram-positive bacteria, do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. Their defining characteristic is that their cell envelope consists ...
, short-
rod-shaped
Bacterial cellular morphologies are the shapes that are characteristic of various types of bacteria and often key to their identification. Their direct examination under a light microscope enables the classification of these bacteria (and archae ...
and non-motile bacterium from the genus of ''
Defluviimonas'' which has been isolated from seawater from the
Dalian Bay.
References
External links
Type strain of ''Defluviimonas nitratireducens'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Rhodobacteraceae
Bacteria described in 2017
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