Costertonia
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| Costertonia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Bacteroidota |
| Class: | Flavobacteriia |
| Order: | Flavobacteriales |
| Family: | Flavobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Costertonia Kwon et al. 2006[1] |
| Type species | |
| Costertonia aggregata[1] | |
| Species | |
Costertonia is a mesophilic genus of bacteria from the family of Flavobacteriaceae with one known species (Costertonia aggregata).[2][1][3][4][5] The genus Costertonia is named after the Canadian microbiologist J.W. Costerton.[6]