''Marinobacterium'' is a genus of
bacteria
Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were am ...
found in sea water.
[George M. Garrity: '']Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology
''Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology'' is the main resource for determining the identity of prokaryotic organisms, emphasizing bacterial species, using every characterizing aspect.
The manual was published subsequent to the ''Bergey's Manu ...
''. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: ''The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria'' The cells are rod-shaped and are motile by using one polar flagellum. S.I. Paul et al. (2021)
isolated, characterized and identified two species of ''Marinobacterium'' (''
Marinobacterium coralli
''Marinobacterium coralli'' is a Gram-negative and aerobic bacterium from the genus of ''Marinobacterium'' which has been isolated from the mucus of the coral Mussismilia hispida from the São Sebastião Channel in Brazil. S.I. Paul et al. ...
,
Marinobacterium maritimum
''Marinobacterium maritimum'' is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, aerobic and motile bacterium from the genus of ''Marinobacterium'' which has been isolated from sediments from the Arctic. S.I. Paul et al. (2021) isolated, characterized and iden ...
'') from
marine sponges of the
Saint Martin's Island
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Area of the
Bay of Bengal
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,
Bangladesh
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.
Biochemical characteristics of ''Marinobacterium''
Colony, morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics of ''Marinobacterium'' species are shown in the Table below.
Note: + = Positive; – =Negative; V =Variable (+/–)
References
External links
''Marinobacterium''LPSN List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
Alteromonadales
Bacteria genera
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