| Pelomonas saccharophila | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Burkholderiales |
| Family: | Comamonadaceae |
| Genus: | Pelomonas |
| Species: | P. saccharophila |
| Binomial name | |
| Pelomonas saccharophila (Doudoroff 1940) Xie and Yokota 2005 | |
| Synonyms | |
Pseudomonas saccharophilaDoudoroff 1940 | |
Pelomonas saccharophila is a Gram-negative soil bacterium. It was originally named Pseudomonas saccharophila in 1940, but was reclassified in 2005 to the newly created genus, Pelomonas. The original strain was isolated from mud. [1] [2]