Balneola vulgaris
Classification
Higher Order Taxa
Kingdom; Phylum; Class; Order; Family; Genus:
Bacteria; Bacteriodetes; Sphingobacteria; Sphingobacteriales; Crenotrichaceae; Balneola
Species
Balneola vulgaris
Description and significance
Balneola vulgaris is an aerobic, Gram-negative bacterium, named type strain 13IX/A01/164T. It was isolated from surface waters in the coastal north-western Mediterranean Sea. Cells are motile, straight rods, 2.5 mm long and 0.2 mm wide. Balneola vulgaris forms orange colonies on marine agar medium.
Balneola vulgaris 13IX/A01/164T is an interesting addition to the family, Crenotrichaceae, because it does not exhibit the extremophilic qualities of other members. To date, most bacterium in the family Crenotrichaceae have been thermophilic or halophilic, favoring environments that high in heat or high in salt, respectively.
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References
Edited by (Inert your name here), student of Rachel Larsen at the University of Southern Maine