''Aquimarina agarilytica'' 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 ...
,
aerobic
Aerobic means "requiring air," in which "air" usually means oxygen.
Aerobic may also refer to
* Aerobic exercise, prolonged exercise of moderate intensity
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* Aerobic respiration, the aerobic process of cellu ...
, and
rod-shaped
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bacterium from the genus of
Aquimarina
''Aquimarina'' is a strictly aerobic and halophilic bacterial genus from the family of Flavobacteriaceae. ''Aquimarina'' can cause diseases in marine eukaryotes
Eukaryotes () are organisms whose cells have a nucleus. All animals, plants, ...
which has been isolated from the alga ''
Porphyra haitanensis'' near the
Nan'ao County
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from the
China sea
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near
China
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.
References
Further reading
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External links
Type strain of ''Aquimarina agarilytica'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Flavobacteria
Bacteria described in 2012
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