Brachybacterium aquaticum

Brachybacterium aquaticum is a species of Gram positive, strictly aerobic, pale yellow-pigmented bacterium. The cells are coccoid during the stationary phase, and irregular rods during the exponential phase. It was first isolated from a seawater sample collected from the coastal region of Kovalam, India off the Indian Ocean. The name is derived from Latin aquaticum (living in water).

Brachybacterium aquaticum
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Dermabacteraceae
Genus: Brachybacterium
Species:
B. aquaticum
Binomial name
Brachybacterium aquaticum
Kaur et al. 2016

The optimum growth temperature for B. aquaticum is 30 °C, but can grow in the 20-37 °C range. The optimum pH is 8.0 and can grow in pH 7.0-11.0.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Kaur, Gurwinder; Kumar, Narender; Mual, Poonam; Kumar, Anand; Kumar, Rajendran Mathan; Mayilraj, Shanmugam (2016). "Brachybacterium aquaticum sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from seawater". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66 (11): 4705–4710. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001414. PMID 27514821.
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