Noviherbaspirillum soli is a

gram negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that, unlike gram-positive bacteria, do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. Their defining characteristic is that their cell envelope consists of ...

betaproteobacteria ''Betaproteobacteria'' are a class of Gram-negative bacteria, and one of the six classes of the phylum '' Pseudomonadota'' (synonym Proteobacteria). Metabolism The ''Betaproteobacteria'' comprise over 75 genera and 400 species. Together, they ...

from the genus

Noviherbaspirillum ''Noviherbaspirillum'' is a genus of bacteria in the family of Oxalobacteraceae The Oxalobacteraceae are a family of bacteria, included in the order Burkholderiales. Like all Pseudomonadota, Oxalobacteraceae are Gram-negative. The family incl ...

which was isolated from an old

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soil on

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on the

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. ''N. soli'' was found with

Noviherbaspirillum canariense ''Noviherbaspirillum canariense'' is a Gram-negative bacterium which was isolated from old volcanic mountain soil on Tenerife on the Canary Islands. Phylogenetic analysis has shown it belongs to the genus '' Noviherbaspirillum''. ''N. canariens ...

and Noviherbaspirillum aurantiacum together.

References

Burkholderiales Bacteria described in 2012 {{betaproteobacteria-stub