''Pontibacter mucosus'' is a
halotolerant,
Gram-negative and
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 of
Pontibacter
''Pontibacter'' is a strictly aerobic bacterial genus from the family of Cytophagaceae
Cytophagaceae is a family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by ma ...
which has been isolated from
hexachlorocyclohexane-contaminated pond sediments from
Chinhat in
Lucknow in
India.
References
External links
Type strain of ''Pontibacter mucosus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Cytophagia
Bacteria described in 2016
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