''Roseivivax halodurans'' is a species of bacteria, the type species of its genus. It is aerobic and
bacteriochlorophyll-containing, first isolated from the
charophytes on the
stromatolites of a saline lake located on the west coast of Australia. It is
chemoheterotrophic,
Gram-negative,
motile, rod-shaped and with subpolar
flagella
A flagellum (; ) is a hairlike appendage that protrudes from certain plant and animal sperm cells, and from a wide range of microorganisms to provide motility. Many protists with flagella are termed as flagellates.
A microorganism may have f ...
. Its type strain is OCh 239
T (= JCM 10272
T).
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LPSNType strain of ''Roseivivax halodurans'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Rhodobacteraceae
Bacteria described in 1999
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