''Kushneria avicenniae'' 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 ...

and moderately

halophilic The halophiles, named after the Greek word for "salt-loving", are extremophiles that thrive in high salt concentrations. While most halophiles are classified into the domain Archaea, there are also bacterial halophiles and some eukaryotic species, ...

bacterium from the genus of ''

Kushneria ''Kushneria'' is a genus from the family of Halomonadaceae Halomonadaceae is a family of halophilic Pseudomonadota. History The family was originally described in 1988 to contain the genera ''Halomonas'' and ''Deleya''. In 1989, ''Chromoba ...

'' which has been isolated from surface of leaves from the mangrove '' Avicennia germinans''.

References

Oceanospirillales Bacteria described in 2007 {{Oceanospirillales-stub