''Caenispirillum salinarum'' 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 wall ...
, ''
Vibrio''-shaped and motile bacterium from the genus of ''
Caenispirillum
''Caenispirillum'' is a bacterial genus from the family of Rhodospirillaceae
The Rhodospirillaceae are a family of Pseudomonadota. The majority are purple nonsulfur bacteria, producing energy through photosynthesis; originally all purple n ...
'' which has been isolated from a solar saltern in
Kakinada
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in
India
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.
References
External links
Type strain of ''Caenispirillum salinarum'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Rhodospirillales
Bacteria described in 2012
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