Erythrobacter atlanticus

Erythrobacter atlanticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Alpha Proteobacteria
Order: Sphingomonadales
Family: Erythrobacteraceae
Genus: Erythrobacter
Species: E. atlanticus
Binomial name
Erythrobacter atlanticus
Zhuang et al. 2015[1]

Erythrobacter atlanticus is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped and motile bacteria from the genus of Erythrobacter which has been isolated from deep-sea sediments from the Atlantic Ocean .[1][2] Erythrobacter atlanticus has the ability to degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.[2]

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 LPSN bacterio.net
  2. 1 2 Zhuang, L; Liu, Y; Wang, L; Wang, W; Shao, Z (October 2015). "Erythrobacter atlanticus sp. nov., a bacterium from ocean sediment able to degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.". International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology. 65 (10): 3714–9. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.000481. PMID 26220886.


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