''Novosphingobium marinum'' is a Gram-negative, aerobic and short

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 ...

bacterium from the genus ''

Novosphingobium ''Novosphingobium'' is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria that includes ''N. taihuense'', which can degrade aromatic compounds such as phenol, aniline, nitrobenzene and phenanthrene. The species ''N. aromativorans'', which was first found in Ul ...

'' which has been isolated from sea water from the Pacific Ocean.

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External links

Type strain of ''Novosphingobium marinum'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Bacteria described in 2015 Sphingomonadales {{Sphingomonadales-stub