Prescott's Microbiology
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ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Congregibacter litoralis is a gram-negative bacterium that belongs to the class γ-proteobacteria. It is an aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic (AAnP) organism. It was classified under the order Cellvibrionales and family Halieaceae. It is a microaerophile and has genes required for the oxidation of reduced sulfur compounds but the reduced, inorganic sulfur in media does not enhance the organism’s growth.
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