''Sunxiuqinia indica'' is a Gram-negative,

facultative anaerobic A facultative anaerobic organism is an organism that makes ATP by aerobic respiration if oxygen is present, but is capable of switching to fermentation if oxygen is absent. Some examples of facultatively anaerobic bacteria are '' Staphylococc ...

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 ...

and non-motile bacterium from the genus of ''

Sunxiuqinia ''Sunxiuqinia'' is a 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 '' ...

'' which has been isolated from deep sea water from the Indian Ocean.

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Bacteroidia Bacteria described in 2020 {{Bacteroidetes-stub