"''Citrimicrobium''" 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 ...

, pleomorphic and motile bacteria genus from 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 ...

with one known species ("'' Citrimicrobium luteum''"). ''Citrimicrobium luteum'' has been isolated from the gut of the sea cucumber '' Stichopus japonicus'' from the Jeju Island in

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

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