''Flavobacterium cauense'' is a Gram-negative and

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 ''Bacillu ...

bacterium from the genus of '' Flavobacterium'' which has been isolated from sediments of the Taihu Lake in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. Colonies of ''Flavobacterium cauense'' on

R2a agar R2A agar (Reasoner's 2A agar) is a culture medium developed to study bacteria which normally inhabit potable water. These bacteria tend to be slow-growing species and would quickly be suppressed by faster-growing species on a richer culture medium. ...

have been reported to be yellowish orange.

References

External links

Type strain of ''Flavobacterium cauense'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
cauense Bacteria described in 2009 {{Flavobacteria-stub