Aestuariibacter
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| Aestuariibacter | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Alteromonadales |
| Family: | Alteromonadaceae |
| Genus: | Aestuariibacter Ye et al. 2004 |
| Type species | |
| Aestuariibacter salexigens | |
| Species | |
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Aestuariibacter aggregatus Aestuariibacter halophilus Aestuariibacter salexigens | |
Aestuariibacter is a genus in the class Gammaproteobacteria (Bacteria), composed of four species, namely A. aggregatus, A. halophilus, A. litoralis and the type species A. salexigens.[1] These are strictly aerobic marine rod-shaped bacteria.[2] They share many traits with the sister genus Alteromonas, the type genus of the family (Alteromonadaceae) and order (Alteromonadales).
