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Pontibacter mucosus

Pontibacter mucosus is a halotolerant, Gram-negative and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus Pontibacter which has been isolated from hexachlorocyclohexane-contaminated pond sediments from Chinhat in Lucknow in India.

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Pontibacter mucosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Bacteroidota
Class: Cytophagia
Order: Cytophagales
Family: Hymenobacteraceae
Genus: Pontibacter
Species:
P. mucosus
Binomial name
Pontibacter mucosus
Nayyar et al. 20161
Type strain2
DSM 100162, KCTC 42942, PB3

Pontibacter mucosus is a halotolerant, Gram-negative and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus Pontibacter which has been isolated from hexachlorocyclohexane-contaminated pond sediments from Chinhat in Lucknow in India.13245

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References

  1. Parte, A.C. "Pontibacter". LPSN.
  2. "Pontibacter mucosus". www.uniprot.org.
  3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (2016). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Nomenclature Abstract for Pontibacter mucosus Nayyar et al. 2016". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.28685.
  4. "Details: DSM-100162". www.dsmz.de.
  5. Nayyar, Namita; Mahato, Nitish Kumar; Kohli, Puneet; Lal, Rup (10 June 2016). "Pontibacter mucosus sp. nov., isolated from hexachlorocyclohexane-contaminated pond sediment". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66 (6): 2234–2240. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001013. PMID 26961966.
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