Mixta

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Mixta is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria of the family Erwiniaceae. The members of this genus are facultatively anaerobic and motile.[1]

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Mixta
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Enterobacterales
Family: Erwiniaceae
Genus: Mixta
Palmer et al. 2018[1]
Type species
Mixta calida
Species

M. calida
M. gaviniae
M. intestinalis
M. tenebrionis[2]
M. theicola

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Background

Mixta was proposed as a novel genus in 2018, based on a genomic study of members of genus Pantoea. The first four species to be placed in this genus were reclassified from genus Pantoea. The genus name Mixta refers to the "mixed lifestyles of species in genus."[1]

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