''Kushneria pakistanensis'' 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 ...
, moderately halophilic, rod-shaped and motile 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 rhizosphere of the grass ''
Saccharum spontaneum
''Saccharum spontaneum'' (wild sugarcane, Kans grass) is a grass native to the Indian Subcontinent. It is a perennial grass, growing up to three meters in height, with spreading rhizomatous roots.
In the Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands, a l ...
'' from the
Karak district
Karak District ( ps, کرک ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Kohat Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It is situated to the south of Kohat District and on the north side of Bannu and Lakki Marwat districts on the main I ...
in
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
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References
Oceanospirillales
Bacteria described in 2015
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