''Aurantivirga'' 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 ...

proteorhodopsin Proteorhodopsin (PR or pRhodopsin) belongs to the Protein family, family of Bacteria, bacterial Transmembrane protein, transmembrane Rhodopsin, rhodopsins (Retinylidene protein, retinylidene proteins). In 1971, the first Microorganism, microbial ...

-containing and

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 ...

genus of bacteria from the family of

Flavobacteriaceae Flavobacteriaceae is a family of rod-shaped gram negative bacteria. The family contains many environmental bacteria, with some species being potential pathogens. History The family of ''Flavobacteriaceae'' was first proposed by Reichenbach in 1 ...

with one known species ('' Aurantivirga profunda''). ''Aurantivirga profunda'' has been isolated from deep seawater from the

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...

References

Flavobacteria Bacteria genera Monotypic bacteria genera Taxa described in 2015 {{Bacteroidetes-stub