Chromohalobacter
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Chromohalobacter is a genus of Proteobacteria
. It was established by Ventosa and others in 1989, with the reclassification of Chromobacterium marismortui as Chromohalobacter marismortui. As of 2007, it comprised the following species
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Proteobacteria
The Proteobacteria are a major group of bacteria. They include a wide variety of pathogens, such as Escherichia, Salmonella, Vibrio, Helicobacter, and many other notable genera....
. It was established by Ventosa and others in 1989, with the reclassification of Chromobacterium marismortui as Chromohalobacter marismortui. As of 2007, it comprised the following species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
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- C. beijerinckiiChromohalobacter beijerinckiiChromohalobacter beijerinckii is a motile, rod-like, salt-loving, Gram-negative soil bacterium, 0.4–0.6 μm by 1.8–2.5 μm.The bacterium was isolated in 1935 by T. Hof from fermented salted beans preserved in brine. Hof named it Pseudomonas beijerinckii and identified it as the organism responsible...
, formerly Pseudomonas beijerinckii (T. Hof, 1935; Peçonek and others, 2006) - C. canadensis (Arahal and others, 2001).
- C. israelensis (Arahal and others, 2001).
- C. japonicus (Sanches-Porro and others, 2007)
- C. marismortui (Ventosa and others, 1989).
- C. nigrandesensis (Prado and others, 2006).
- C. salarius (Agulilera and others, 2007).
- C. salexigens (Arahal and others, 2001).
- C. saracensis (Quillaguamán and others, 2004).