''Prolixibacter bellariivorans'' is a facultatively anaerobic,

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 ...

, 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 and

psychrotolerant Psychrophiles or cryophiles (adj. ''psychrophilic'' or ''cryophilic'') are extremophile, extremophilic organisms that are capable of cell growth, growth and reproduction in low temperatures, ranging from to . They have an optimal growth temperat ...

bacterium from the genus of ''

Prolixibacter ''Prolixibacter'' is a genus of bacteria from the family of Prolixibacteraceae ''Prolixibacteraceae'' is a family of 11 bacterial genera in the order of ''Bacteroidales Bacteroidales is an order of bacteria. Notably it includes the genera ...

''.

References

Bacteroidia Bacteria described in 2007 {{Bacteroidetes-stub