Pelomonas saccharophila

Pelomonas saccharophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Beta Proteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Comamonadaceae
Genus: Pelomonas
Xie and Yokota 2005
Binomial name
Pelomonas saccharophila
(Doudoroff 1940)
Xie and Yokota 2005
Synonyms

Pseudomonas saccharophila Doudoroff 1940

Pelomonas saccharophila is a Gram-negative soil bacterium that was the only member of the genus Pelomonas until the 2007 discovery of two further species, isolated from hemodialysis equipment.