''Flavobacterium antarcticum'' is a
Gram-negative,
aerobic and
psychrotolerant
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bacterium from the genus of ''
Flavobacterium'' which has been isolated from soil from a
penguin habitat from
King George Island in
Antarctica.
References
antarcticum
Bacteria described in 2005
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