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Genus: | Aestuariibacter Ye et al. 2004
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Aestuariibacter salexigens | |
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Aestuariibacter aggregatus Aestuariibacter halophilus Aestuariibacter salexigens |
Aestuariibacter is a genus in the class Gammaproteobacteria (Bacteria), composed of four species, namely A. aggregatus, A. halophilus, A. litoralis and the type species A. salexigens.[1] These are strictly aerobic marine rod-shaped bacteria.[2] They share many traits with the sister genus Alteromonas, the type genus of the family (Alteromonadaceae) and order (Alteromonadales).