- Parvularcula
Taxobox
color = lightgrey
name = "Parvularcula"
regnum = Bacteria
phylum =Proteobacteria
classis = Alpha Proteobacteria
ordo = Parvularculales
familia = Parvularculaceae
genus = "Parvularcula"
species = "P. bermudensis"
binomial = "Parvularcula bermudensis"
binomial_authority = Cho and Giovannoni, 2003"Parvularcula bermudensis" was identified in
2003 in the westernSargasso Sea in theAtlantic Ocean . It is a marine bacterium that forms a deep branch in the Alpha Proteobacteria, distinct from the other orders."Parvularcula" isolates are
Gram-negative , strictly aerobic, chemoheterotrophic, slightlymotile short rods with a singleflagellum . Colonies on marine agar are very small (0·3–0·8 mm in diameter), yellowish-brown and very hard. They areoxidase positive andcatalase negative.
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