''Acinetobacter equi'' is a

Gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wa ...

rod-shaped A bacillus (), also called a bacilliform bacterium or often just a rod (when the context makes the sense clear), is a rod-shaped bacterium or archaeon. Bacilli are found in many different taxonomic groups of bacteria. However, the name '' Bacil ...

and obligate aerobic bacterium from the genus of ''

Acinetobacter ''Acinetobacter'' is a genus of gram-negative bacteria belonging to the wider class of Gammaproteobacteria. ''Acinetobacter'' species are oxidase-negative, exhibit twitching motility, and occur in pairs under magnification. They are importan ...

'' which has been isolated from horse faeces.

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External links

Type strain of ''Acinetobacter equi'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Moraxellaceae Bacteria described in 2016 {{Pseudomonadales-stub