''Puteibacter'' is a

Gram-negative 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 ...

, 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 ...

, facultatively anaerobic and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family of

Prolixibacteraceae ''Prolixibacteraceae'' is a family of 11 bacterial genera in the order of ''Bacteroidales Bacteroidales is an order of bacteria. Notably it includes the genera ''Prevotella'' and ''Bacteroides'' , which are commonly found in the human gut mi ...

with one known species ('' Puteibacter caeruleilacunae''). ''Puteibacter caeruleilacuna'' has been isolated from the Yongle Blue Hole.

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Bacteroidia Bacteria genera Monotypic bacteria genera Taxa described in 2020 {{Bacteroidetes-stub