Planomicrobium stackebrandtii

Planomicrobium stackwebrandtii is a species of bacteria. It was named after German microbiologist Erko Stackebrandt.[1] It belongs to the Firmicutes. It is gram-positive and was first found in 2005 at the Himalayas.[2] The cells are cocci in pairs or clumps. It is capable of aerobic respiration using oxygen. The bacterium does not form endospores. It has one or two flagella.

Planomicrobium stackebrandtii
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P. stackebrandtii
Binomial name
Planomicrobium stackebrandtii
(Mayilraj et al. 2005) Yoon et al. 2009

References

  1. Paul Vos, George Garrity, Dorothy Jones, Noel R. Krieg, Wolfgang Ludwig, Fred A. Rainey, Karl-Heinz Schleifer, William B. Whitman: Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Volume 3. New York: Springer, 2001. page 354. ISBN 978-0387950419
  2. "Planomicrobium stackebrandtii". Global Catalogue of Microorganisms. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2015.