''Balneicella'' 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 ...

mesophilic A mesophile is an organism that grows best in moderate temperature, neither too hot nor too cold, with an optimum growth range from . The optimum growth temperature for these organisms is 37 °C (about 99 °F). The term is mainly applied ...

anaerobic Anaerobic means "living, active, occurring, or existing in the absence of free oxygen", as opposed to aerobic which means "living, active, or occurring only in the presence of oxygen." Anaerobic may also refer to: *Adhesive#Anaerobic, Anaerobic ad ...

non-

spore In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual reproduction, sexual (in fungi) or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for biological dispersal, dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores fo ...

-forming and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family of

Balneicellaceae ''Balneicellaceae'' is a family of bacteria in the order of Bacteroidales Bacteroidales is an order of bacteria. Notably it includes the genera '' Prevotella'' and ''Bacteroides'' , which are commonly found in the human gut microbiota. Phylo ...

with onnly one known species, ''Balneicella halophila''.

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Bacteroidia Bacteria genera Monotypic bacteria genera {{Bacteroidetes-stub