Massilia brevitalea

Massilia brevitalea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Beta Proteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Oxalobacteraceae
Genus: Massilia
Species: M. brevitalea
Binomial name
Massilia brevitalea
Zul et al. 2008, sp. nov.[1]
Type strain
ATCC BAA-1465, byr23-80, DSM 18925[2]

Massilia brevitalea is a gram negative, strictly aerobic non-spore-forming short rods[3] bacterium from the genus of Massilia and the family of Oxalobacteraceae which was isolated from lysimeter soil.[4] Colonies of M. brevitalea are pale white to yellow colored.[5]

Etymology

M. brevitalea comes from the latin adjective brevis which means "short" and the latin word talea which "rod" means. This name refers to the shape of cells.[6]

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