Pontimicrobium is a Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family of Flavobacteriaceae with one known species (Pontimicrobium aquaticum).[1][2] Pontimicrobium aquaticum has been isolated from seawater.[2]

Pontimicrobium
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Pontimicrobium

Janthra et al. 2020[1]
Type species
Pontimicrobium aquaticum[1]
Species

P. aquaticum[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Genus: Pontimicrobium". LPSN.DSMZ.de.
  2. ^ a b Janthra, Thidarat; Baek, Jihye; Kim, Jong-Hwa; Yoon, Jung-Hoon; Sukhoom, Ampaitip; Kim, Wonyong (1 August 2020). "Pontimicrobium aquaticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium in the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from seawater". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (8): 4562–4568. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004314. PMID 32618560. S2CID 220330258.