Parvularcula

Parvularcula bermudensis is a marine bacterium which was identified in 2003 in the western Sargasso Sea in the Atlantic Ocean. It forms a deep branch in the Alpha Proteobacteria, distinct from the other orders.

Parvularcula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Alpha Proteobacteria
Order:
Parvularculales
Family:
Parvularculaceae
Genus:
Parvularcula
Species:
P. bermudensis
Binomial name
Parvularcula bermudensis
Cho and Giovannoni, 2003[1]

Parvularcula isolates are Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, chemoheterotrophic, slightly motile short rods with a single flagellum. Colonies on marine agar are very small (0·3–0·8 mm in diameter), yellowish-brown and very hard. They are oxidase positive and catalase negative.[2]

References
  1. ."Parvularcula". LPSN. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  2. Cho, J.-C (2003). "Parvularcula bermudensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium that forms a deep branch in the α-Proteobacteria". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53 (4): 1031. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02566-0.



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