''Flavobacterium aquicola'' is a
Gram-negative,
facultatively anaerobic and non-
spore
In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many plants, algae, f ...
-forming bacterium from the genus of ''
Flavobacterium'' which has been isolated from water from the
Tamagawa River in
Atsugi
is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 223,960 and a population density of 2400 persons per km². The total area of the city is .
While the name "Atsugi" is often associated with the United ...
in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
.
References
External links
Type strain of ''Flavobacterium aquicola'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
aquicola
Bacteria described in 2016
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