''Pseudoalteromonas distincta'' is a
marine bacterium
Marine prokaryotes are marine bacteria and marine archaea. They are defined by their habitat as prokaryotes that live in Marine habitat, marine environments, that is, in the saline water, saltwater of seas or oceans or the brackish water of ...
.
History
''Pseudoalteromonas distincta'' was isolated from a
marine sponge
Sponges or sea sponges are primarily marine invertebrates of the animal phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), a basal clade and a sister taxon of the diploblasts. They are sessile filter feeders that are bound to the seabed, and are on ...
near the
Komandorski Islands in 1995.
[ In 2000, ''Alteromonas distincta'' was reclassified and added to ''Pseudoalteromonas distincta''.][
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References
External links
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Type strain of ''Pseudoalteromonas distincta'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Alteromonadales
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