''Chryseomicrobium aureum'' is a
Gram-positive,
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 ...
,
aerobic non-
spore
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-forming and non-motile bacterium from the genus of
Chryseomicrobium
''Chryseomicrobium'' is a bacteria genus from the family of Planococcaceae
The ''Caryophanaceae'' is a family of Gram-positive bacteria. In 2020, the now defunct family '' Planococcaceae'' was merged into ''Caryophanaceae'' to rectify a nomen ...
which has been isolated from
activated sludge from a herbicide-manufacturing wastewater treatment plant in
Kunshan
Kunshan is a county-level city in southeastern Jiangsu province with Shanghai bordering its eastern border and Suzhou on its western boundary. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Suzhou.
Name
There is a strong pos ...
in
China
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.
References
External links
Type strain of ''Chryseomicrobium aureum'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Bacillales
Bacteria described in 2014
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