''Marinirhabdus gelatinilytica'' is a Gram-negative, aerobic, slightly

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, ...

rod-shaped A bacillus (), also called a bacilliform bacterium or often just a rod (when the context makes the sense clear), is a rod-shaped bacterium or archaeon. Bacilli are found in many different taxonomic groups of bacteria. However, the name ''Bacillu ...

and non-motile bacterium from the genus of ''

Marinirhabdus ''Marinirhabdus'' is a genus of bacteria from the family of Flavobacteriaceae The family Flavobacteriaceae is composed of environmental bacteria. Most species are aerobic, while some are microaerobic to anaerobic; for example ''Capnocytophag ...

'' which has been isolated from the South China Sea.

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Flavobacteria Bacteria described in 2016 {{Flavobacteria-stub