| Ahrensia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhodobacterales |
| Family: | Rhodobacteraceae |
| Genus: |
Ahrensia Uchino et al. 1999 |
| Species: | A. kielensis |
| Binomial name | |
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Ahrensia kielensis (ex Ahrens 1968) Uchino et al. 1999 |
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In taxonomy, Ahrensia is a genus of the Rhodobacteraceae.Ahrensia is named after the German microbiologist R. Ahrens. The cells are rod-shaped and motile. They are strictly aerobic.