''Aquabacterium parvum'' 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 ...

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,

catalase Catalase is a common enzyme found in nearly all living organisms exposed to oxygen (such as bacteria, plants, and animals) which catalyzes the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen. It is a very important enzyme in protecting t ...

-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 ...

of the

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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 ...

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

'' from biofilms of

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

s drinking water.

References

External links

Type strain of ''Aquabacterium parvum'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Comamonadaceae Bacteria described in 1999 {{Betaproteobacteria-stub