''Rubrobacter aplysinae'' is a

Gram-positive In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall. The Gram stain is ...

and non-

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-forming bacterium from the genus of ''

Rubrobacter ''Rubrobacter'' is a genus of Actinomycetota. It is radiotolerant and may rival ''Deinococcus radiodurans'' in this regard. Phylogeny The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN ...

'' which has been isolated from the sponge Aplysina aerophoba from

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References

External links

Type strain of ''Rubrobacter aplysinae'' at Bac''Dive'' – the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Rubrobacterales Bacteria described in 2014 {{Actinobacteria-stub