''Brucella oryzae'' is an
endophytic
An endophyte is an endosymbiont, often a bacterium or fungus, that lives within a plant for at least part of its life cycle without causing apparent disease. Endophytes are ubiquitous and have been found in all species of plants studied to date; h ...
bacterial species. It is non-pigmented,
motile
Motility is the ability of an organism to move independently, using metabolic energy.
Definitions
Motility, the ability of an organism to move independently, using metabolic energy, can be contrasted with sessility, the state of organisms th ...
and
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 wa ...
, with type strain MTCC 4195
T (=DSM 17471
T).
References
Further reading
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*Tambekar, D. H., and P. V. Gadakh. "Biochemical and molecular detection of biosurfactant producing bacteria from soil." Int. J. LifeSci Biotechnol Pharm. Res 2 (2013): 204–211.
External links
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LPSNType strain of ''Ochrobactrum oryzae'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Hyphomicrobiales
Bacteria described in 2006
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