''Flavobacterium algicola'' 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 ...

rod-shaped Bacterial cellular morphologies are the shapes that are characteristic of various types of bacteria and often key to their identification. Their direct examination under a light microscope enables the classification of these bacteria (and archae ...

, aerobic and non-motile bacterium from the genus of ''

Flavobacterium ''Flavobacterium'' is a genus of Gram-negative, nonmotile and motile, rod-shaped bacteria that consists of 130 recognized species. Flavobacteria are found in soil and fresh water in a variety of environments. Several species are known to cause ...

'' which has been isolated from a

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from the

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near

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References

External links

Type strain of ''Flavobacterium algicola'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
ahnfeltiae Bacteria described in 2010 {{Flavobacteria-stub