Janthinobacterium
| Janthinobacterium | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
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| Order: | |
| Family: | Oxalobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Janthinobacterium De Ley et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Lincoln et al. 1999 |
| Type species | |
| Janthinobacterium lividum | |
| Species | |
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J. agaricidamnosum | |
Janthinobacterium is a genus of Gram-negative soil bacteria. The name is from Latin janthinus, which means "violet" or "violet-blue". It produces distinct purple-violet pigments among which are jagaricin and violacein, manifests diverse energy metabolism abilities, and tolerates cold, ultraviolet radiation, and other environmental stressors.
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