Caulobacter
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| Caulobacter | |
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| Caulobacter crescentus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Caulobacterales |
| Family: | Caulobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Caulobacter Poindexter 1964 |
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C. crescentus | |
Caulobacter is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria in the class Alphaproteobacteria.[1] Its best-known member is Caulobacter crescentus, an organism ubiquitous in freshwater lakes and rivers; many members of the genus are specialized to oligotrophic environments.