''Roseomonas aerophila'' is a species of

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 of ...

, strictly aerobic, coccobacilli-shaped, pink-colored

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. It was first isolated from an air sample in

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, and the new species was proposed in 2013. The species name comes from

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''aer'' (air) and ''philos'' (loving). Another species of ''Roseomonas'', '' R. aerilata'', was also isolated from the air in a different region of South Korea.Yoo SH, Weon HY, Noh HJ, Hong SB, Lee CM, Kim BY, Kwon SW, Go SJ
Roseomonas aerilata sp. nov., isolated from an air sample.
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2008 Jun 1;58(6):1482-5. The optimum growth temperature for ''R. aerophila'' is 30 °C, but can grow in the 4-40 °C range. The optimum pH is 7.0, and can grow in pH 5.0-9.0.

References

External links

Type strain of ''Roseomonas aerophila'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Bacteria described in 2013 Rhodospirillales {{Alphaproteobacteria-stub