''Blastococcus xanthinilyticus'' is a

Gram-positive In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall. The Gram stain is ...

and non-motile bacterium from the genus of '' Blastococcus'' which has been isolated from marble dust from the

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monument in

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External links

Type strain of ''Blastococcus xanthinilyticus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Bacteria described in 2018 Actinomycetia {{Actinobacteria-stub