Polynucleobacter yangtzensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
Order: | Burkholderiales |
Family: | Burkholderiaceae |
Genus: | Polynucleobacter |
Species: | P. yangtzensis |
Binomial name | |
Polynucleobacter yangtzensis Hahn et al. 2016 |
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Type strain | |
MWH-JaK3 | |
Synonyms | |
P. necessarius subsp. asymbioticus |
P. necessarius subsp. asymbioticus
Polynucleobacter yangtzensis is an aerobic, chemo-organotrophic, catalase- and oxidase-positive, sometimes motile, free-living bacterium of the genus Polynucleobacter, isolated from Yangtze River in the City of Nanjing (China). The species represents planktonic bacteria (bacterioplankton) dwelling in alkaline freshwater systems. The species name refers to the origin of the type strain.