''Filibacter limicola'' 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 ...
bacterium from the genus of
Filibacter
''Filibacter'' is a Gram-negative strictly aerobic bacteria genus from the family of Planococcaceae
The ''Caryophanaceae'' is a family of Gram-positive bacteria. In 2020, the now defunct family '' Planococcaceae'' was merged into ''Caryophan ...
which has been isolated from lake sediment from the
English Lake District
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in
Blelham Tarn
Blelham Tarn is a large valley tarn in the Lake District of England, to the north of the hill Latterbarrow. The settlements of Outgate, Low Wray and High Wray are close by. The tarn is drained to the northeast by the short Blelham Beck into ...
in
England
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.
References
Further reading
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External links
Type strain of ''Filibacter limicola'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Bacillales
Bacteria described in 1985
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