''Mucilaginibacter roseus'' 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 ...

aerobic Aerobic means "requiring air," in which "air" usually means oxygen. Aerobic may also refer to * Aerobic exercise, prolonged exercise of moderate intensity * Aerobics, a form of aerobic exercise * Aerobic respiration, the aerobic process of cellu ...

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

Mucilaginibacter ''Mucilaginibacter'' is a genus from the family of Sphingobacteriaceae ''Sphingobacteriaceae'' is a family of environmental bacteria. Phylogeny The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomencl ...

which has been isolated from the Caohu River in

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External links

Type strain of ''Mucilaginibacter roseus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Sphingobacteriia Bacteria described in 2016 {{Sphingobacteriia-stub