''Ideonella paludis'' 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 ...

, strictly

aerobic Aerobic means "requiring air," in which "air" usually means oxygen. Aerobic may also refer to * Aerobic exercise, prolonged exercise of moderate intensity * Aerobics, a form of aerobic exercise * Aerobic respiration, the aerobic process of cellu ...

and motile bacterium from the genus of ''

Ideonella ''Ideonella'' is a genus of bacteria in the family Comamonadaceae. Applications ''Ideonella sakaiensis'' In 2016 ''I. sakaiensis'' was shown to degrade PET, a polymer widely used in food containers, bottles and synthetic fibers. Adhered to a ...

'' which has been isolated from water from the Banping Lake in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

References

External links

Type strain of ''Ideonella paludis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Comamonadaceae Bacteria described in 2016 {{betaproteobacteria-stub