''Glycocaulis albus'' is a Gram-negative, aerobic,

mesophilic A mesophile is an organism that grows best in moderate temperature, neither too hot nor too cold, with an optimum growth range from . The optimum growth temperature for these organisms is 37°C. The term is mainly applied to microorganisms. Organi ...

, moderately

halophilic The halophiles, named after the Greek word for "salt-loving", are extremophiles that thrive in high salt concentrations. While most halophiles are classified into the domain Archaea, there are also bacterial halophiles and some eukaryotic species, ...

and motile bacterium from the genus of ''

Glycocaulis ''Glycocaulis'' is a genus of bacteria from the family of Maricaulaceae Maricaulaceae are a family of bacteria in the order Caulobacterales ''Caulobacterales'' is an order of gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not ...

'' which has been isolated from saline soil which was contaminated with petroleum from the Shengli Oilfield 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 ...

References

Caulobacterales Bacteria described in 2014 {{Alphaproteobacteria-stub