''Pedobacter heparinus'' (''P. heparinus'') is non-spore-forming,
Gram-negative bacterium
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 wall ...
that can use carbohydrates as its sole nutrient source.
[Steyn, P. L.; Segers, P.; Vancanneyt, M.; Sandra, P.; Kersters, K.; Joubert, J. J. Classification of heparinolytic bacteria into a new genus, Pedobacter, comprising four species: Pedobacter heparinus comb. nov., Pedobacter piscium comb. nov., Pedobacter africanus sp. nov. and Pedobacter saltans sp. nov. Proposal of the family Sphingobacteriaceae fam. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 48, No. 1, 165-177 (1998)]
References
External links
Type strain of ''Pedobacter heparinus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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Sphingobacteriia
Bacteria described in 1998