''Zhouia spongiae'' is a Gram-negative,

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 ''

Zhouia ''Zhouia'' is a genus of bacteria from the family of Flavobacteriaceae The family Flavobacteriaceae is composed of environmental bacteria. Most species are aerobic, while some are microaerobic to anaerobic; for example ''Capnocytophaga'' and ...

'' which has been isolated from a sponge from the

Yangpu Bay Yangpu may refer to: * Yangpu District, a district of Shanghai, China * Yangpu Peninsula, a peninsula on the northwest coast of Hainan Island, China * Yangpu Economic Development Zone, an economic development zone on Yangpu Peninsula, Hainan Provin ...

on Hainan.

References

Flavobacteria Bacteria described in 2018 {{Flavobacteria-stub