''Limnohabitans australis'' is an aerobic, nonmotile

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Limnohabitans ''Limnohabitans'' is a genus of bacteria 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 f ...

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Comamonadaceae The Comamonadaceae are a family of the Betaproteobacteria.Willems A., J. De Ley, M. Gillis, and K. Kersters. ''Comamonadaceae, a New Family Encompassing the Acidovorans rRNA Complex, Including Variovorax paradoxus gen. nov.,comb. nov. for Alcali ...

, which was isolated from a freshwater pond in

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References

External links

Type strain of ''Limnohabitans australis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Comamonadaceae {{Betaproteobacteria-stub