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Chromobacterium
Genus of bacteria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chromobacterium is a genus of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria.[3]:ā279ā Currently, eleven species within the genus are known, two of those are Chromobacterium violaceum and Chromobacterium subtsugae;[4] the latter was discovered by scientists at the Agricultural Research Service in Beltsville, Maryland.[4]
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Chromobacterium | |
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Blood agar plate culture of Chromobacterium violaceum. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
Order: | Neisseriales |
Family: | Neisseriaceae |
Genus: | Chromobacterium Bergonzini 1880[1] |
Type species | |
Chromobacterium violaceum[1] | |
Species | |
C. alkanivorans[1] |
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