''Ethanoligenens harbinense'' is a strictly anaerobic bacterium. It is
Gram-positive
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Gram-positive bacte ...
, non-
spore
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-forming,
mesophilic
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and
motile
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Definitions
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, its cells being regular rods (0.4–0.8×1.5–8.0
μm
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). Its type strain is YUAN-3
T (=JCM 12961
T =CGMCC 1.5033
T).
References
Further reading
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External links
LPSN*
Type strain of ''Ethanoligenens harbinense'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Eubacteriales
Bacteria described in 2006
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