''Tistrella mobilis'' 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 ...

, strictly aerobic,

rod-shaped A bacillus (), also called a bacilliform bacterium or often just a rod (when the context makes the sense clear), is a rod-shaped bacterium or archaeon. Bacilli are found in many different taxonomic groups of bacteria. However, the name ''Bacillu ...

and highly motile bacterium from the genus of ''

Tistrella ''Tistrella'' is a bacterial genus from the family of Rhodospirillaceae. ''Tistrella'' produces didemnin Didemnins are cyclic depsipeptide compounds isolated from a tunicate (ascidian, or sea-squirt) of the genus '' Trididemnum'' (family of ...

'' which has been isolated from wastewater in

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. ''Tistrella mobilis'' produces didemnins.

References

External links

Type strain of ''Tistrella mobilis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Rhodospirillales Bacteria described in 2003 {{Alphaproteobacteria-stub