''Thalassotalea euphylliae'' 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 ...

, aerobic,

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 motile bacterium from the genus of ''

Thalassotalea ''Thalassotalea'' is an aerobic and chemo-organo-heterotrophic genus of bacteria from the family Colwelliaceae The Colwelliaceae are a family of Pseudomonadota Pseudomonadota (synonym Proteobacteria) is a major phylum of Gram-negative bac ...

'' with a single polar

flagellum 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 ...

which has been isolated from the coral ''

Euphyllia glabrescens ''Euphyllia glabrescens'' is a species of large-polyped stony coral belonging to the family Caryophylliidae. Its common name is the torch coral due to its long sweeper tentacles tipped with potent cnidocytes. It is a commonly kept species in the ...

''.

References

External links

Type strain of ''Thalassotalea euphylliae'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Alteromonadales Bacteria described in 2016 {{Alteromonadales-stub