Polynucleobacter sinensis

Polynucleobacter duraquae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Burkholderiales
Family:	Burkholderiaceae
Genus:	Polynucleobacter
Species:	P. sinensis
Binomial name
*Polynucleobacter siensis* Hahn et al. 2016
Type strain
MWH-HuW1
Synonyms
P. necessarius subsp. asymbioticus

P. necessarius subsp. asymbioticus

Polynucleobacter sinensis is an aerobic, chemo-organotrophic, catalase- and oxidase-positive, free-living bacterium of the genus Polynucleobacter, isolated from a freshwater pond in China. The species represents planktonic bacteria (bacterioplankton) dwelling in non-acidic freshwater systems. The species name refers to the origin of the type strain from China.