Aquaspirillum bengal explained
Aquaspirillum bengal is a Gram negative bacterium in the genus Aquaspirillum.
Description
The species is helical in shape and moves in water through flagella.[1] The cell is 0.9 to 1.2 μm in diameter and 5.2 to 22.0 μm in length.[2]
Notes and References
- Yoon, J. H., Kang, S. J., Park, S., Lee, S. Y. & Oh, T. K. (2007b). Reclassification of Aquaspirillum itersonii and Aquaspirillum peregrinum as Novispirillum itersonii gen. nov., comb. nov. and Insolitispirillum peregrinum gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57, 2830–2835.
- Ranajit Kumar, A. K. Banerjee, J. H. Bowdre, L. J. McElroy, and N. R. Krieg Isolation, Characterization, and Taxonomy of Aquaspirillum bengal sp.nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1974 24: 453-458.