''Phenylobacterium falsum'' is a Gram negative, strictly aerobic and

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 ...

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 alkaline groundwater from Cabeço de Vide in

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

References

Caulobacterales Bacteria described in 2005 {{Alphaproteobacteria-stub