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Aquabacter

Aquabacter is an oxidase and catalase-positive genus of bacteria from the family of Hyphomicrobiaceae. It contains only the single species A. spiritensis.

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Aquabacter
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Xanthobacteraceae
Genus: Aquabacter
Irgens et al. 19931
Type species
Aquabacter spiritensis1
Species

A. spiritensis

Aquabacter is an oxidase and catalase-positive genus of bacteria from the family of Hyphomicrobiaceae.23 It contains only the single species A. spiritensis.1

References

References

  1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. UniProt
  3. Don J. Brenner; Noel R. Krieg; James T. Staley (25 July 2006). Bergey's Manual® of Systematic Bacteriology: Volume Two: The Proteobacteria (Part C): 2 (2 ed.). Springer US. ASIN B00BLPZMM4.