Idiomarina loihiensis
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Idiomarina loihiensis is a halophilic bacterium in the genus Idiomarina.[1] It is a rod shaped, gram-negative, aerobic cell with a single polar flagellum. The cells are typically 0.35 μm wide and 0.7–1.8 μm in length with optimum growth temperatures between 4–46 °C. It was isolated from a hydrothermal vent at 1,300m depth on the Kamaʻehuakanaloa (formerly Loihi) submarine volcano, Hawaii.[2]
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Idiomarina loihiensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Alteromonadales |
Family: | Idiomarinaceae |
Genus: | Idiomarina |
Species: | I. loihiensis |
Binomial name | |
Idiomarina loihiensis Donachie et al., 2003 | |
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