''Marinobacter flavimaris'' 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 wa ...
, non-
spore-forming, 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, ...
and motile bacterium from the genus of
Marinobacter
''Marinobacter'' is a genus of bacteria found in sea water. They are also found in a variety of salt lakes.
A number of strains and species can degrade hydrocarbon
In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entir ...
which has been isolated from sea water from the
Yellow Sea
The Yellow Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula, and can be considered the northwestern part of the East China Sea. It is one of four seas named after common colour ter ...
in
Korea
Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...
.
References
Further reading
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External links
Type strain of ''Marinobacter flavimaris'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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Alteromonadales
Bacteria described in 2004
Halophiles