Delftia litopenaei
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| Delftia litopenaei | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Burkholderiales |
| Family: | Comamonadaceae |
| Genus: | Delftia |
| Species: | D. litopenaei |
| Binomial name | |
| Delftia litopenaei Chen et al. 2012[1] | |
| Type strain | |
| BCRC 80212, LMG 25724, wsw-7[2] | |
Delftia litopenaei is a Gram-negative, short-rod-shaped, non-spore-forming, motile bacterium from the Comamonadaceae family, which was isolated from a freshwater shrimp culture pond in Taiwan.[3] It has the ability to accumulate poly-β-hydroxybutyrate.[4]