''Pontibacter ummariensis'' 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 ...

bacterium from the genus ''

Pontibacter ''Pontibacter'' is a strictly aerobic bacteria Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one Cell (biology), biological cell. They constitute a large domain (biology), domain of Prokaryote ...

'' which has been isolated from

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contaminated soil in

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References

External links

Type strain of ''Pontibacter ummariensis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Cytophagia Bacteria described in 2016 {{Bacteroidota-stub