''Endozoicomonas ascidiicola'' 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 wa ...
,
facultative anaerobic,
chemoorganoheterotrophic,
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 '' Baci ...
and motile bacterium from the genus of ''
Endozoicomonas
''Endozoicomonas'' is a genus of Gram-negative, aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, chemoorganotrophic, rod-shaped, marine bacteria from the family of Hahellaceae. ''Endozoicomonas'' are symbionts of marine animals.
Scientific History
The ge ...
'' which has been isolated from a sea squirts (''
Ascidiella
''Ascidiella'' is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Ascidiidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the ...
'') from
Gullmarsfjord in
Sweden.
References
External links
Type strain of ''Endozoicomonas ascidiicola'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Oceanospirillales
Bacteria described in 2016
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