''Aquimarina intermedia'' 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 ...

heterotrophic A heterotroph (; ) is an organism that cannot produce its own food, instead taking nutrition from other sources of organic carbon, mainly plant or animal matter. In the food chain, heterotrophs are primary, secondary and tertiary consumers, but ...

aerobic Aerobic means "requiring air," in which "air" usually means oxygen. Aerobic may also refer to * Aerobic exercise, prolonged exercise of moderate intensity * Aerobics, a form of aerobic exercise * Aerobic respiration, the aerobic process of cellu ...

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

sea urchin Sea urchins () are spiny, globular echinoderms in the class Echinoidea. About 950 species of sea urchin live on the seabed of every ocean and inhabit every depth zone from the intertidal seashore down to . The spherical, hard shells (tests) of ...

Strongylocentrotus intermedius from the

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References

External links

Type strain of ''Aquimarina intermedia'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Flavobacteria Bacteria described in 2006 {{Flavobacteria-stub