''Kushneria marisflavi'' 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
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 the
Yellow Sea
The Yellow Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula, and can be considered the northwestern part of the East China Sea. It is one of four seas named after common colour terms ...
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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References
Oceanospirillales
Bacteria described in 2001
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