The ''Marinilabiliaceae'' are a

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.Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria. New York, New York: Springer. .

Characteristics

Bacterial cells that belong to the ''Marinilabiliaceae'' family are typically thin, flexible rods. Mostly species are motile by gliding motily. They are saccharolytic and need

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for growing.

Metabolism

All species of ''Marinilabiliaceae'' are

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ic, they do not perform photosynthesis. The genera '' Alkaliflexus'' and '' Anaerophaga'' as well as some other genera have a strictly fermentative metabolism. ''Marinilabilia'' is facultatively

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. It has

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and fermentative types of metabolism.

References

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