''Edaphobaculum'' 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 ...

, strictly aerobic,

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 ...

and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family of

Chitinophagaceae Chitinophagaceae is an aerobic or facultatively anaerobic and rod-shaped family of bacteria in the phylum Bacteroidota. Genera * '' Agriterribacter'' Lee and Whang 2020 * '' Arachidicoccus'' Madhaiyan ''et al''. 2015 * '' Arvibacter'' Chaudhar ...

with one known species ('' Edaphobaculum flavum''). ''Edaphobaculum flavum'' has been isolated from grassland soil from Erdos in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

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Chitinophagia Bacteria genera Monotypic bacteria genera Taxa described in 2017 {{Bacteroidota-stub