''Afipia clevelandensis'' is a species of the ''Afipia'' bacterial genus.
It is a
gram-negative,
oxidase
In biochemistry, an oxidase is an enzyme that catalyzes oxidation-reduction reactions, especially one involving dioxygen (O2) as the electron acceptor. In reactions involving donation of a hydrogen atom, oxygen is reduced to water (H2O) or hydro ...
-positive, non-fermentative rod in the alpha-2 subgroup of the class Proteobacteria. It is
motile by means of a single
flagellum.
References
Further reading
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External links
LPSN*
Type strain of ''Afipia clevelandensis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Nitrobacteraceae
Bacteria described in 1991
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