''Chryseobacterium indologenes'' 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 ...
and
non-motile bacteria
Non-motile bacteria are bacteria species that lack the ability and structures that would allow them to propel themselves, under their own power, through their environment. When non-motile bacteria are cultured in a stab tube, they only grow along ...
from the genus of
Chryseobacterium which has been isolated from a human.
[ ''Chryseobacterium indologenes'' is a pathogen of American bullfrogs (]Lithobates catesbeianus
The American bullfrog (''Lithobates catesbeianus''), often simply known as the bullfrog in Canada and the United States, is a large true frog native to eastern North America. It typically inhabits large permanent water bodies such as swamps, ...
) and humans.
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External links
''Chryseobacterium indologenes''
a
MicrobeWikiType strain of ''Chryseobacterium indologenes'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
References
indologenes
Bacteria described in 1994
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