Parvularcula bermudensis
Species of bacteria
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Parvularcula bermudensis is a marine bacterium which was identified in 2003 in the western Sargasso Sea in the Atlantic Ocean. It forms a deep branch in the Alphaproteobacteria, distinct from the other orders.
| Parvularcula bermudensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | "Parvularculales" |
| Family: | "Parvularculaceae" |
| Genus: | Parvularcula |
| Species: | P. bermudensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Parvularcula bermudensis Cho and Giovannoni 2003[1] | |
Parvularcula bermudensis isolates are Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, chemoheterotrophic, slightly motile short rods with a single flagellum. Colonies on marine agar are very small (0·3–0·8 mm in diameter), yellowish-brown and very hard. They are oxidase positive and catalase negative.[2]
