Chromobacterium

Chromobacterium
Blood agar plate culture of Chromobacterium violaceum.
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Neisseriales
Family: Neisseriaceae
Genus: Chromobacterium
Bergonzini 1880
Type species
Chromobacterium violaceum
Species

C. alkanivorans
C. amazonense
C. aquaticum
C. haemolyticum
C. phragmitis
C. piscinae
C. pseudoviolaceum
C. rhizoryzae
C. subtsugae
C. vaccinii
C. violaceum

Chromobacterium is a genus of Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria.: 279  Currently, eleven species within the genus are known, two of those are Chromobacterium violaceum and Chromobacterium subtsugae; the latter was discovered by scientists at the Agricultural Research Service in Beltsville, Maryland.

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