''Dokdonella koreensis'' 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 ...

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 ...

, non-spore-forming and motile bacterium from the genus of ''

Dokdonella ''Dokdonella'' is a genus of bacteria from the family of Rhodanobacteraceae Rhodanobacteraceae is a family of bacteria of the order Xanthomonadales. The type genus is Rhodanobacter ''Rhodanobacter'' is a Gram-negative and non-motile ge ...

'' which has been isolated from soil from

Dokdo The Liancourt Rocks, also known by their Korean name of Dokdo or their Japanese name of Takeshima,; ; . form a group of islets in the Sea of Japan between the Korean peninsula and the Japanese archipelago. The Liancourt Rocks comprise t ...

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

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Xanthomonadales Bacteria described in 2006 {{Gammaproteobacteria-stub