''Flavilitoribacter nigricans'' is a bacterium from the family
Saprospiraceae
The family ''Saprospiraceae'' is composed of environmental bacteria
Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one Cell (biology), biological cell. They constitute a large domain (biology) ...
which has been isolated from beach sand near
Lagos
Lagos ( ; ), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and on ...
in
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...
.
References
Further reading
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External links
Type strain of ''Lewinella nigricans'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Bacteroidota
Bacteria described in 1970
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