''Marinobacter pelagius'' is a
Gram-negative,
aerobic, moderately
halophilic
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and
neutrophilic bacterium from the genus of
Marinobacter which has been isolated from seawater around
Zhoushan
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in
China
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.
References
External links
Type strain of ''Marinobacter pelagius'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Further reading
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Alteromonadales
Bacteria described in 2008
Halophiles