''Sphingomonas daechungensis'' is a
Gram-negative
Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wall ...
, non-
spore
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-forming,
aerobic and
non-motile bacteria from the genus of
Sphingomonas which has been isolated from sediments of the
Daechung water reservoir in
Korea
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.
References
Further reading
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External links
Type strain of ''Sphingomonas daechungensis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
daechungensis
Bacteria described in 2014
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