''Pseudomonas xanthomarina'' is a
bacterium
Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among the ...
found in
marine ascidian
Ascidiacea, commonly known as the ascidians or sea squirts, is a paraphyletic class in the subphylum Tunicata of sac-like marine invertebrate filter feeders. Ascidians are characterized by a tough outer test or "tunic" made of the polysaccharid ...
s. Unlike many other members of the genus ''
Pseudomonas
''Pseudomonas'' is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria belonging to the family Pseudomonadaceae in the class Gammaproteobacteria. The 348 members of the genus demonstrate a great deal of metabolic diversity and consequently are able to colonize a ...
'', it is not fluorescent.
References
Further reading
External links
Type strain of ''Pseudomonas xanthomarina'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Pseudomonadales
Bacteria described in 2005
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