''Parapedobacter 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 ...

, non-spore-forming,

rod-shaped Bacterial cellular morphologies are the shapes that are characteristic of various types of bacteria and often key to their identification. Their direct examination under a light microscope enables the classification of these bacteria (and archae ...

, and non-motile bacterium from the genus

Parapedobacter ''Parapedobacter'' is a genus from the family of Sphingobacteriaceae ''Sphingobacteriaceae'' is a family of environmental bacteria. Phylogeny The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclat ...

which has been isolated from soil from a

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field in

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References

External links

Type strain of ''Parapedobacter soli'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Sphingobacteriia Bacteria described in 2008 {{Sphingobacteriia-stub