Tamlana

Tamlana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacteroidetes
Class:	Flavobacteria
Order:	Flavobacteriales
Family:	Flavobacteriaceae
Genus:	Tamlana
Type species
T. crocina

Tamlana is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidetes (Bacteria). Two species have been described so far: T. agarivorans and T. crocina.

As all members of the Bacteroidetes they are Gram negative.'

They are non-flaggelate rod shaped, produced non-diffusible carotenoids (446 nm max abs, giving T. crocina its name) and use MK-6 as the respiratory quinone.

The name Tamlana derives from:

The specific epithets of the species are

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