Parvularcula bermudensis

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Parvularcula bermudensis
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P. bermudensis
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Parvularcula bermudensis
Cho and Giovannoni 2003 [1]

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 Alphaproteobacteria, distinct from the other orders.

Parvularcula bermudensis 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]

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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): 1031–1036. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.02566-0 . PMID   12892122.