Marinobacter salsuginis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
Order: | Alteromonadales |
Family: | Alteromonadaceae |
Genus: | Marinobacter |
Species: |
M. salsuginis Antunes et al. 2007 |
Binomial name | |
Marinobacter salsuginis |
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Type strain | |
CIP 109893, DSM 18347, LMG 23697, SD-14B, BS2 | |
Synonyms | |
Marinobacter halosydne |
Marinobacter halosydne
Marinobacter salsuginis is a Gram-negative and moderately halophilic bacterium from the genus of Marinobacter which has been isolated from seawater from the Shaban Deep from the Red Sea. The strain BS2 of Marinobacter salsuginis can reduce the mortality of the shrimps Penaeus monodon and Litopenaeus vannamei by killing the dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans.