Endozoicomonas gorgoniicola
| Endozoicomonas gorgoniicola | |
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| Species: | E. gorgoniicola |
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| Endozoicomonas gorgoniicola Pike, Haltli, and Kerr 2013 | |
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| PS125 | |
Endozoicomonas gorgoniicola is a Gram-negative and facultative anaerobic bacterium from the genus of Endozoicomonas. Individual cells are motile and rod-shaped. Bacteria in this genus are symbionts of coral. E. gorgoniicola live specifically with soft coral (family Gorgoniidae) and were originally isolated from a species of Plexaura, an octocoral, off the coast of Bimini in the Bahamas. The presence of this bacterium in a coral microbiome is associated with coral health.