Leifsonia xyli
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Classification
Leifsonia xyli is a Gram negative, aerobic, Rod shaped organism, with arrangment in singles or pairs. It has no Endospores or motility and has a host-associated habitat with opt. temperatures for growth at 20-25 degress celcius with a range in the Mesophilic. [1]
Higher Order Taxa
Taxonomy: root;cellular organism;Bacteria;Actinobacteria;Actinobacteria (class);Actinobacteridae;Actinomycetales;Micrococcineae;Microbacteriaceae;Leifsonia [2]
Species
This species comprises two xylema-associated, fastidious, slow growing subspecies, L. xyli subsp. xyli and L. xyli subsp. cynodontis.[3]
