''Zymobacter'' 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 wa ...
,
facultatively anaerobic
A facultative anaerobic organism is an organism that makes ATP by aerobic respiration if oxygen is present, but is capable of switching to fermentation if oxygen is absent.
Some examples of facultatively anaerobic bacteria are ''Staphylococcus' ...
and non-
spore
In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many plants, algae, ...
-forming genus from the family of
Halomonadaceae, with one known species (''
Zymobacter palmae
''Zymobacter'' is a Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic and non-spore-forming genus from the family of Halomonadaceae, with one known species ('' Zymobacter palmae''). ''Zymobacter palmae'' has been isolated from palm sap from Okinawa Prefe ...
'').
''Zymobacter palmae'' has been isolated from palm sap from Okinawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi).
Naha is the capital and largest cit ...
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References
Oceanospirillales
Monotypic bacteria genera
Bacteria genera
Taxa described in 1995
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