''Marinobacterium profundum'' is a
Gram-negative,
rod-shaped
A bacillus (), also called a bacilliform bacterium or often just a rod (when the context makes the sense clear), is a rod-shaped bacterium or archaeon. Bacilli are found in many different taxonomic groups of bacteria. However, the name ''Bacillu ...
and motile bacterium from the genus of ''
Marinobacterium
''Marinobacterium'' is a genus of bacteria found in sea water.George M. Garrity: '' Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology''. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: ''The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria'' The cells a ...
'' which has been isolated from deep-sea sediments from the
Sea of Japan in
Korea.
References
External links
Type strain of ''Marinobacterium profundum'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Alteromonadales
Bacteria described in 2016
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