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RHEINHEIMERA TEXASENSIS
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Rheinheimera |
| Species: | Rheinheimera texasensis |
| Description: | Cells are Gram-negative, rod-shaped, 1.2–2.5μm long and 0.7–0.8μm wide, with single polar flagella or several polar and lateral flagella. Facultatively anaerobic. Network of filaments noted among cells lying in close proximity. After 24 h growth on R2A agar at 37°C, colonies are 1–2 mm in diameter, smooth, non-pigmented, transparent, raised and circular with entire margins. |
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| Source: | The type strain was isolated from Spring Lake, a freshwater lake in San Marcos, Texas, USA. |
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| Genbank: | NZ_JONU00000000.1 [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
| Size (Mb): | 2.32 |
| GC %: | 52 |
| Genes: | 4,014 |
| CDS Number: | 3945 |
| Reference: | MERCHANT (M.M.), WELSH (A.K.) and McLEAN (R.J.C.): Rheinheimera texasensis sp. nov., a halointolerant freshwater oligotroph. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2376-2380. |
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