''Neptunomonas japonica'' is a species of bacteria.
It is
Gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-
spore
In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many plants, algae, f ...
-forming and
motile by means of a single polar or subterminal
flagellum. Its type strain is JAMM 0745T (=JCM 14595
T=DSM 18939
T). It was first found in carcasses of a
Sperm whale
The sperm whale or cachalot (''Physeter macrocephalus'') is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator. It is the only living member of the genus ''Physeter'' and one of three extant species in the sperm whale famil ...
and is closely related to a symbiotic bacterial clone of the
polychaete ''
Osedax japonicus''.
References
Further reading
*Whitman, William B., et al., eds. Bergey's manual® of systematic bacteriology. Vol. 5. Springer, 2012.
*Dworkin, Martin, and Stanley Falkow, eds. The Prokaryotes: Vol. 6: Proteobacteria: Gamma Subclass. Vol. 6. Springer, 2006.
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*Acton, Q. Ashton. Issues in Biological and Life Sciences Research: 2012 Edition. ScholarlyEditions, 2013.
External links
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LPSNWORMS entryType strain of ''Neptunomonas japonica'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Oceanospirillales
Bacteria described in 2008
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