Brachybacterium aquaticum
| Brachybacterium aquaticum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Micrococcales |
| Family: | Dermabacteraceae |
| Genus: | Brachybacterium |
| Species: | B. aquaticum
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| Binomial name | |
| Brachybacterium aquaticum Kaur et al. 2016
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Brachybacterium aquaticum is a species of Gram positive, strictly aerobic, pale yellow-pigmented bacterium. The cells are coccoid during the stationary phase, and irregular rods during the exponential phase. It was first isolated from a seawater sample collected from the coastal region of Kovalam, India off the Indian Ocean. The name is derived from Latin aquaticum (living in water).
The optimum growth temperature for B. aquaticum is 30 °C, but can grow in the 20-37 °C range. The optimum pH is 8.0 and can grow in pH 7.0-11.0.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Kaur, Gurwinder; Kumar, Narender; Mual, Poonam; Kumar, Anand; Kumar, Rajendran Mathan; Mayilraj, Shanmugam (2016). "Brachybacterium aquaticum sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from seawater". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66 (11): 4705–4710. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001414. PMID 27514821.
