Halomonas alimentaria | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Oceanospirillales |
Family: | Halomonadaceae |
Genus: | Halomonas |
Species: | H. alimentaria |
Binomial name | |
Halomonas alimentaria Yoon et al. 2002 |
Halomonas alimentaria is a bacterium first isolated from jeotgal, a traditional Korean fermented seafood, hence its name. It is Gram-negative, moderately halophilic, non-motile and coccus- or short rod-shaped, with type strain YKJ-16T (= KCCM 41042T = JCM 10888T).