Profundibacterium

Profundibacterium is a Gram-negative and strictly aerobic genus of bacteria from the family of Rhodobacteraceae with one known species (Profundibacterium mesophilum).[1][2][3][4] Profundibacterium mesophilum has been isolated from sea-floor sediments from the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia.[4]

Profundibacterium
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Profundibacterium

Lai et al. 2013[1]
Type species
Profundibacterium mesophilum[1]
Species

P. mesophilum[1]

References

  1. Parte, A.C. "Profundibacterium". www.bacterio.net.
  2. "Profundibacterium". www.uniprot.org.
  3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (1 January 2003). "Taxonomic Abstract for the genera". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/tx.23901.
  4. Lai, PY; Miao, L; Lee, OO; Liu, LL; Zhou, XJ; Xu, Y; Al-Suwailem, A; Qian, PY (March 2013). "Profundibacterium mesophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member in the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from deep-sea sediment in the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 63 (Pt 3): 1007–12. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.041525-0. PMID 22685108.



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