''Roseomonas gilardii'' 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-pigmented

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 ...

. It is the

type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...

of the genus ''

Roseomonas ''Roseomonas'' is a genus of Gram negative bacteria. The cells are coccoid rods when viewed microscopically. Certain species are known to be opportunistic infections for humans. Background The first species isolated had pink colonies when grow ...

''. The new species was among the first ''Roseomonas'' species proposed in 1993, and is named for "Gerald L. Gilardi for his many contributions to bacteriology and, specifically, for his contributions in the area of glucose-nonfermenting gram-negative rods." ''R. gilardii'' is pathogenic for humans, causing bacteremia and other infections. There are two subspecies of ''R. gilardii'': ''R''. g. subsp. ''gilardii'' and ''R''. g. subsp. ''rosea''.Sanchez-Porro C, Gallego V, Busse HJ, Kämpfer P, Ventosa A
Transfer of Teichococcus ludipueritiae and Muricoccus roseus to the genus Roseomonas, as Roseomonas ludipueritiae comb. nov. and Roseomonas rosea comb. nov., respectively, and emended description of the genus Roseomonas.
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2009 May 1;59(5):1193-8.

References

External links

Type strain of ''Roseomonas gilardii'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
{{Taxonbar, from=Q48999287 Rhodospirillales Bacteria described in 1993