Massilia brevitalea

Massilia brevitalea is a Gram-negative, strictly aerobic non-spore-forming short rods[3] bacterium from the genus Massilia and family Oxalobacteraceae, which was isolated from lysimeter soil.[4] Colonies of M. brevitalea are pale white to yellow in color.[5]

Massilia brevitalea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Betaproteobacteria
Order:
Burkholderiales
Family:
Oxalobacteraceae
Genus:
Massilia
Species:
M. brevitalea
Binomial name
Massilia brevitalea
Zul et al. 2008, sp. nov.[1]
Type strain
ATCC BAA-1465, byr23-80, DSM 18925[2]

Etymology

The specific name brevitalea comes from the Latin adjective brevis which means "short" and the Latin talea which means "bar" or "rod", which refers to the shape of cells.[6]

References
  1. LPSN
  2. http://www.straininfo.net/strains/822647
  3. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/58/5/1245.full%5B%5D
  4. Zul, D; Wanner, G; Overmann, J (May 2008). "Massilia brevitalea sp. nov., a novel betaproteobacterium isolated from lysimeter soil". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 58 (Pt 5): 1245–51. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65473-0. PMID 18450722.
  5. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/58/5/1245.full%5B%5D
  6. LPSN


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