Stappia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
Family: | Stappiaceae |
Genus: | Stappia Uchino et al. 1999 |
Type species | |
Stappia stellulata (Rüger and Höfle 1992) Uchino et al. 1999 | |
Species | |
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Stappia is a genus of bacteria in the order Hyphomicrobiales. [1] Some members of the genus (now transferred to Labrenzia ) oxidize carbon monoxide (CO) aerobically. [2] Stappia indica is a diatom associated bacterium which is known to inhibit the growth of diatoms such as Thalassiosira pseudonana. [3]