Aquaspirillum bengal

Aquaspirillum bengal
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Beta Proteobacteria
Order: Neisseriales
Family: Neisseriaceae
Genus: Aquaspirillum
Species: Aquaspirillum bengal

Aquaspirillum bengal is a Gram negative bacterium in the genus Aquaspirillum.

Description

The species is helical in shape and moves in water through flagella.[1] The cell is 0.9 to 1.2 μm in diameter and 5.2 to 22.0 μm in length.[2]

References

  1. Yoon, J. H., Kang, S. J., Park, S., Lee, S. Y. & Oh, T. K. (2007b). Reclassification of Aquaspirillum itersonii and Aquaspirillum peregrinum as Novispirillum itersonii gen. nov., comb. nov. and Insolitispirillum peregrinum gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57, 2830–2835.
  2. Ranajit Kumar, A. K. Banerjee, J. H. Bowdre, L. J. McElroy, and N. R. Krieg Isolation, Characterization, and Taxonomy of Aquaspirillum bengal sp.nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1974 24: 453-458.
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