''Aquabacterium citratiphilum'' is a Gram-positive,

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-negative

bacterium Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among ...

from the

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Aquabacterium The species of the genus ''Aquabacterium'' are motile, rod-shaped, Gram-negative, oxidase-positive, catalase-negative bacteria Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biologi ...

'' and family

Comamonadaceae The Comamonadaceae are a family of the Betaproteobacteria.Willems A., J. De Ley, M. Gillis, and K. Kersters. ''Comamonadaceae, a New Family Encompassing the Acidovorans rRNA Complex, Including Variovorax paradoxus gen. nov.,comb. nov. for Alcali ...

, which was isolated with ''

Aquabacterium commune ''Aquabacterium commune'' is a Gram-negative, catalase-negative bacterium of the genus ''Aquabacterium'' in the family Comamonadaceae, which was isolated with '' Aquabacterium citratiphilum'' and '' Aquabacterium parvum'' from biofilms of drinki ...

'' and '' Aquabacterium parvum'' from

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s of drinking water in

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References

External links

Type strain of ''Aquabacterium citratiphilum'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Comamonadaceae Bacteria described in 1998 {{Betaproteobacteria-stub