''Dyella jiangningensis'' 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 ...

, aerobic and motile bacterium from the genus of ''

Dyella ''Dyella'' 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 genus ...

'' with a polar

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which has been isolated from the surface of a rock from

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

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References

Xanthomonadales Bacteria described in 2013 {{Gammaproteobacteria-stub