| Delftia litopenaei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Burkholderiales |
| Family: | Comamonadaceae |
| Genus: | Delftia |
| Species: | Delftia litopenaei |
| Binomial name | |
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Delftia litopenaei Chen et al. 2012, sp. nov. |
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| Type strain | |
| BCRC 80212, LMG 25724, wsw-7 | |
Delftia litopenaei is a Gram-negative, short-rod-shaped, nonspore-forming, motile bacterium from the Comamonadaceae family, which was isolated from a freshwater shrimp culture pond in Taiwan. It has the ability to accumulate poly-β-hydroxybutyrate.