''Aquimarina longa'' 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 ...

, strictly

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 ...

and

rod-shaped A bacillus (), also called a bacilliform bacterium or often just a rod (when the context makes the sense clear), is a rod-shaped bacterium or archaeon. Bacilli are found in many different taxonomic groups of bacteria. However, the name ''Bacillu ...

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 seawater from the

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References

External links

Type strain of ''Aquimarina longa'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Flavobacteria Bacteria described in 2013 {{Flavobacteria-stub