''Aquabacterium olei'' 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 ...

, non-

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-forming and motile

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 ...

of the genus ''

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 ...

'' which has been isolated from oil-contaminated soil in

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. ''Aquabacterium olei'' can degrade oil.

References

External links

Type strain of ''Aquabacterium olei'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Comamonadaceae Bacteria described in 2015 {{Betaproteobacteria-stub