''Psychroflexus planctonicus'' 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 ...
, strictly
aerobic
Aerobic means "requiring air," in which "air" usually means oxygen.
Aerobic may also refer to
* Aerobic exercise, prolonged exercise of moderate intensity
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, moderately
halophilic
A halophile (from the Greek word for 'salt-loving') is an extremophile that thrives in high salt concentrations. In chemical terms, halophile refers to a Lewis acidic species that has some ability to extract halides from other chemical species.
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, and
non-motile bacteria
Non-motile bacteria are bacteria species that lack the ability and structures that would allow them to propel themselves, under their own power, through their environment. When non-motile bacteria are cultured in a stab tube, they only grow along ...
from the genus of
Psychroflexus
''Psychroflexus'' is a psychrophilic bacteria genus from the family of Flavobacteriaceae.
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Flavobacteria
Bacteria genera
Psychrophiles
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which has been isolated from the Lake Xiaochaidan in
Qaidam Basin
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in the
Qinghai Province
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Qinghai borders Gansu on the nort ...
in
China
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.
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External links
Type strain of ''Psychroflexus planctonicus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Flavobacteria
Bacteria described in 2016
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