Tritonibacter

Tritonibacter is a Gram-negative, heterotrophic and aerobic genus of bacteria from the family of Rhodobacteraceae with one known species (Tritonibacter horizontis).[1][2][3][4] Tritonibacter horizontis has been isolated from oil contaminated water from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.[4][5]

Tritonibacter
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Alphaproteobacteria
Order:
Rhodobacterales
Family:
Rhodobacteraceae
Genus:
Tritonibacter

Klotz et al. 2018[1]
Type species
Tritonibacter horizontis[1]
Species

T. horizontis[1]

References
  1. "Tritonibacter". www.bacterio.net.
  2. "Tritonibacter". www.uniprot.org.
  3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M. (2018). "Taxonomy of the genus Tritonibacter Klotz et al. 2018". doi:10.1601/tx.31433. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Klotz, F; Brinkhoff, T; Freese, HM; Wietz, M; Teske, A; Simon, M; Giebel, HA (March 2018). "Tritonibacter horizontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the Rhodobacteraceae, isolated from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 68 (3): 736–744. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.002573. PMID 29458459.
  5. "Details: DSM-101689". www.dsmz.de.



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