Leptobacterium is a Gram-negative, obligately aerobic and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family of Flavobacteriaceae with one known species (Leptobacterium flavescens).[1][2][3]

Leptobacterium
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Leptobacterium

Mitra et al. 2009[1]
Type species
Leptobacterium flavescens[1]
Species

L. flavescens[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Genus: Leptobacterium". lpsn.dsmz.de.
  2. ^ "Leptobacterium". www.uniprot.org.
  3. ^ Mitra, S.; Matsuo, Y.; Haga, T.; Yasumoto-Hirose, M.; Yoon, J.; Kasai, H.; Yokota, A. (1 February 2009). "Leptobacterium flavescens gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from marine sponge and seawater". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (2): 207–212. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.004358-0.