''Flavicella marina'' is a Gram-negative,

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, rod-shaped, aerobic and non-motile bacterium from the genus of ''

Flavicella ''Flavicella'' is a genus of bacteria from the family of Flavobacteriaceae The family Flavobacteriaceae is composed of environmental bacteria. Most species are aerobic, while some are microaerobic to anaerobic; for example ''Capnocytophaga'' ...

'' which has been isolated from surface seawater near Muroto,

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. ''Flavicella marina'' produces

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References

Flavobacteria Bacteria described in 2015 {{Bacteroidetes-stub