Janibacter cremeus is a species of Gram positive, facultatively anaerobic, bacterium. The species was initially isolated from sea sediment near Rishiri Island, Hokkaido, Japan. The species was first described in 2013, and the species name refers to its cream-pigmented colonies when grown on agar.[1]

Janibacter cremeus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Intrasporangiaceae
Genus: Janibacter
Species:
J. cremeus
Binomial name
Janibacter cremeus
Hamada et al. 2013

The optimum growth temperature for J. cremeus is 25 °C, and can grow in the 10-30 °C range. The optimum pH is 7.0, and can grow at 6.0-10.0.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Hamada, M.; Shibata, C.; Tamura, T.; Yamamura, H.; Hayakawa, M.; Suzuki, K.-i. (26 April 2013). "Janibacter cremeus sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from sea sediment". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 63 (Pt 10): 3687–3690. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.051532-0. PMID 23625261.