Cloacibacterium

Cloacibacterium normanense is a bacterium originally found in wastewater in Norman, Oklahoma. This genus in the family Flavobacteriaceae was new to science when it was described in 2006. It is Gram-negative, non-motile, and facultatively anaerobic. Physically, it is a rod-shaped organism with yellow pigmentation.

Cloacibacterium
Scientific classification
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Cloacibacterium

Allen et al. 2006[1]
Type species
Cloacibacterium normanense[1]
Species

C. haliotis[1]
C. normanense[1]
C. rupense[1]

This organism was discovered using a non-selective medium, as opposed to the traditional selective media often used to isolate microorganisms. In this case, the method involved diluting raw sewage.

References

  1. Parte, A.C. "Cloacibacterium". LPSN.


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