''Tamilnaduibacter'' 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 ...

, halotolerant 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 ...

bacteria genus from the family of

Alteromonadaceae The Alteromonadaceae are a family of Pseudomonadota.George M. Garrity: ''Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology''. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: ''The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria'' They are now one of se ...

with one known species ('' Tamilnaduibacter salinus''). ''Tamilnaduibacter salinus'' has been isolated from sediments from the Thamaraikulam solar salt pan from Tamilnadu in

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Alteromonadales Monotypic bacteria genera Bacteria genera {{Alteromonadales-stub