''Cobetia marina'' is a

Gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wall ...

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, ...

marine bacterium Marine prokaryotes are marine bacteria and marine archaea. They are defined by their habitat as prokaryotes that live in marine environments, that is, in the saltwater of seas or oceans or the brackish water of coastal estuaries. All cellular ...

History

In 2013, ''Halomonas halodurans'' was found to be a later description of the same bacteria, and was therefore reclassified as ''Cobetia marina''.

References

External links

Type strain of ''Cobetia marina'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Oceanospirillales Bacteria described in 2002 {{Oceanospirillales-stub