Massilia brevitalea is a Gram-negative, strictly aerobic non-spore-forming short rods[3] bacterium from the genus Massilia and family Oxalobacteraceae, which was isolated from lysimeter soil.[4] Colonies of M. brevitalea are pale white to yellow in color.[5]

Massilia brevitalea
Micrograph of Massilia brevitalea
Massilia brevitalea
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M. brevitalea
Binomial name
Massilia brevitalea
Zul et al. 2008, sp. nov.[1]
Type strain
ATCC BAA-1465, byr23-80, DSM 18925[2]

Etymology

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The specific name brevitalea comes from the Latin adjective brevis which means "short" and the Latin talea which means "bar" or "rod", which refers to the shape of cells.[6]

References

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  1. ^ LPSN
  2. ^ "Byr23-80 Strain Passport - StrainInfo". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
  3. ^ "Massilia brevitalea sp. nov., a novel betaproteobacterium isolated from lysimeter soil". ijs.sgmjournals.org. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  4. ^ Zul, D; Wanner, G; Overmann, J (May 2008). "Massilia brevitalea sp. nov., a novel betaproteobacterium isolated from lysimeter soil". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 58 (Pt 5): 1245–51. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65473-0. PMID 18450722.
  5. ^ "Massilia brevitalea sp. nov., a novel betaproteobacterium isolated from lysimeter soil". ijs.sgmjournals.org. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  6. ^ LPSN
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