Citrimicrobium

Citrimicrobium is a Gram-negative, pleomorphic and motile bacteria genus from the family of Sphingomonadaceae with one known species (Citrimicrobium luteum).[1][2] Citrimicrobium luteum has been isolated from the gut of the sea cucumber Stichopus japonicus from the Jeju Island in Korea.[2]

Citrimicrobium
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Citrimicrobium

Jung et al. 2014[1]
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C. luteum[1]

References

  1. "Citrimicrobium". www.uniprot.org.
  2. Jung, HJ; Cha, IT; Yim, KJ; Song, HS; Cho, K; Kim, D; Lee, HW; Lee, JK; Seo, MJ; Roh, SW; Lee, SJ (October 2014). "Citrimicrobium luteum gen. nov., sp. nov., aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacterium isolated from the gut of a sea cucumber Stichopus japonicus". Journal of Microbiology (Seoul, Korea). 52 (10): 819–24. doi:10.1007/s12275-014-4136-7. PMID 25163838.


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