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Enhydrobacter

Enhydrobacter is a genus of bacteria which belongs to the class Alphaproteobacteria. So far, only one species is known. Enhydrobacter has been discussed to be reclassified to the family Rhodospirillaceae and the class Alphaproteobacteria. Because of its oxidase positive it can not be placed in the family Enterobacteriaceae as it is not a parasite of birds or mammals.

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Enhydrobacter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Pseudomonadales
Family: Moraxellaceae
Genus: Enhydrobacter
Staley et al. 19871
Type species
Enhydrobacter aerosaccus1
Species

Enhydrobacter aerosaccus

Enhydrobacter is a genus of bacteria which belongs to the class Alphaproteobacteria.2 So far, only one species is known (Enhydrobacter aerosaccus).3 Enhydrobacter has been discussed to be reclassified to the family Rhodospirillaceae and the class Alphaproteobacteria.4 Because of its oxidase positive it can not be placed in the family Enterobacteriaceae as it is not a parasite of birds or mammals.5

References

References

  1. LPSN bacterionet
  2. Taxonomy Browser
  3. John G Holt (1 October 1993). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (9 ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 0683006037.
  4. Kawamura, Y.; Fujiwara, N.; Naka, T.; Mitani, A.; Kubota, H.; Tomida, J.; Morita, Y.; Hitomi, J. (2012). "Genus Enhydrobacter Staley et al. 1987 should be recognized as a member of the family Rhodospirillaceae within the class Alphaproteobacteria". Microbiology and Immunology. 56 (1): 21–26. doi:10.1111/j.1348-0421.2011.00401.x. PMID 22145860. S2CID 26738769.
  5. Staley, James (July 1987). "Enhydrobacter aerasaccus gen. nov. , sp. nov. a Gas-Vacuolated, Facultatively Anaerobic, Heterotrophic Rod" (PDF). International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 37 (3): 289–291. doi:10.1099/00207713-37-3-289. Retrieved 8 November 2018.