''Janibacter indicus'' is a species of

Gram positive In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall. Gram-positive bact ...

, aerobic,

bacterium Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were amon ...

. The species was initially isolated from hydrothermal sediment from the

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by t ...

. The species was first described in 2014, and the species named refers to the Indian Ocean. The optimum growth temperature for ''J. indicus'' is 28-30 °C, and can grow in the 15-40 °C range. The optimum pH is 7.0-8.0, and can grow at 6.0-11.0.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q25860894 Intrasporangiaceae Bacteria described in 2014