''Citrimicrobium'' 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 ...

, pleomorphic, and motile bacteria genus in the family

Erythrobacteraceae ''Erythrobacteraceae'' is a bacterium family in the order of Sphingomonadales. Phylogeny The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenc ...

, containing the single species ''Citrimicrobium luteum''. The species has been isolated from the gut of the sea cucumber '' Stichopus japonicus'' from the

Jeju Island Jeju Island (Jeju language, Jeju/) is South Korea's largest island, covering an area of , which is 1.83% of the total area of the country. Alongside outlying islands, it is part of Jeju Province and makes up the majority of the province. The i ...

Korea Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 3 ...

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Sphingomonadales Bacteria genera Monotypic bacteria genera Taxa described in 2014 {{Sphingomonadales-stub