| Polynucleobacter cosmopolitanus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Burkholderiales |
| Family: | Burkholderiaceae |
| Genus: | Polynucleobacter |
| Species: | P. cosmopolitanus |
| Binomial name | |
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Polynucleobacter cosmopolitanus Hahn et al. 2010 |
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| Type strain | |
| MWH-MoIso2, DSM 21490, CIP 109840, LMG 25212 | |
Polynucleobacter cosmopolitanus is a aerobic, catalase- and oxidase-positive, chemo-organotrophic, nonmotile bacterium of the genus Polynucleobacter, isolated from freshwater habitats in Eurasia, South America, North America, Africa, Oceania, the Hawaiian Archipelago, in lakes located in Japan, and a river estuary of northern Taiwan. The type strain of the species was isolated from Lake Mondsee in Austria.