| Chromohalobacter salexigens | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification   | |
| Domain: | Bacteria | 
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati | 
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota | 
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria | 
| Order: | Oceanospirillales | 
| Family: | Halomonadaceae | 
| Genus: | Chromohalobacter | 
| Species: | C. salexigens | 
| Binomial name | |
| Chromohalobacter salexigens Arahal et al. 2001 | |
Chromohalobacter salexigens is a gram negative, oxidase and catalase positive, rod shaped, motile and moderately halophilic species of marine bacteria. [1] It was isolated from Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles and from marine sponges of the Saint Martin's Island area of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. [1] [2] Colonies are medium-sized, round and yellowish in color. [1] The type strain is DSM 3043T (= ATCC BAA-138T = CECT 5384T = CCM4921T = CIP106854T = NCIMB 13768T). [3] Its genome has been sequenced. [4] It is a gamma-Proteobacterium, and as such, closely related to Pseudomonas and Escherichia coli . [5]