Ralstonia gilardii

Ralstonia gilardii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Beta Proteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Ralstoniaceae
Genus: Ralstonia
Binomial name
Ralstonia gilardii
Coenye et al. 1999

Ralstonia gilardii is a Gram-negative environmental bacterium.[1] It is motil by a single polar flagellum. It was named in honor of the American microbiologist G.L. Gilardi.[2]

References

  1. Coenye; Falsen, E; Vancanneyt, M; Hoste, B; Govan, JR; Kersters, K; Vandamme, P et al. (Apr 1999). "Classification of Alcaligenes faecalis-like isolates from the environment and human clinical samples as Ralstonia gilardii sp. nov". Int J Syst Bacteriol 49 (2): 405–13. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-2-405. PMID 10319461.
  2. George M. Garrity: Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Vol. 2: The Proteobacteria Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteabacteria ISBN 0-387-24145-0