''Phenylobacterium conjunctum'' 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 non-
spore
In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many plants, algae, f ...
-forming bacterium from the genus of ''
Phenylobacterium
''Phenylobacterium'' is a Gram negative, strictly aerobic non-motile and bacterial genus from the family of Caulobacteraceae
Caulobacteraceae is a family of Pseudomonadota within the alpha subgroup.Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, ...
'' which has been isolated from water biofilm from
Vancouver
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in
Canada
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.
References
Caulobacterales
Bacteria described in 2008
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