''Winogradskyella poriferorum'' is a

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 ...

and

rod-shaped Bacterial cellular morphologies are the shapes that are characteristic of various types of bacteria and often key to their identification. Their direct examination under a light microscope enables the classification of these bacteria (and archae ...

bacterium from the genus ''

Winogradskyella ''Winogradskyella'' is a genus of bacteria from the family Flavobacteriaceae. ''Winogradskyella'' is named after the Russian microbiologist Sergei Winogradsky. Species The genus ''Winogradskyella'' comprises the following species: ''Winogradsky ...

'' which has been isolated from the surface of the sponge '' Lissodendoryx isodictyalis'' from the

Bahamas The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an archipelagic and island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean. It contains 97 per cent of the archipelago's land area and 88 per cent of its population. ...

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