''Botryobacter'' 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 ...

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 ...

bacterial genus from the family of

Hymenobacteraceae ''Hymenobacteraceae'' is a family of bacteria in the phylum Bacteroidota The phylum Bacteroidota (synonym Bacteroidetes) is composed of three large classes of Gram-negative, nonsporeforming, anaerobic or aerobic, and rod-shaped bacteria that ...

with on known species (''Botryobacter ruber''). ''Botryobacter ruber'' has been isolated from soil from the Gurbantunggut Desert.

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Cytophagia Monotypic bacteria genera Bacteria genera Taxa described in 2019 {{Bacteroidetes-stub