''Maritalea mobilis'' is a Gram-negative, non-

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-forming bacterium from the genus of ''

Maritalea ''Maritalea'' is a genus of Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, oxidase- and catalase-positive, rod-shaped, motile bacteria with peritrichous flagella from the family of Hyphomicrobiaceae The Hyphomicrobiaceae are a family of bacteria. Among ...

'' with a single polar flagellum, which was isolated from coastal seawater in Tianjin in

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. ''Zhangella mobilis'' was transferred to ''Maritalea mobilis''

References

External links

Type strain of ''Maritalea mobilis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Hyphomicrobiales Bacteria described in 2009 {{Hyphomicrobiales-stub