Thalassolituus
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| Thalassolituus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Oceanospirillales |
| Family: | Oceanospirillaceae |
| Genus: | Thalassolituus Yakimov et al. 2004[1] |
| Type species | |
| Thalassolituus oleivorans[1] | |
| Species | |
Thalassolituus is an oil-degrading bacterial genus from the family of Oceanospirillaceae.[1][2][3][4] Thalassolituus is a gram-negative, rod-shaped marine bacteria.[5] S.I. Paul et al. (2021) isolated and characterized Thalassolituus species (Thalassolituus marinus) from marine sponge (Cliona carteri) of the Saint Martin's Island of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh.[5]