Polynucleobacter duraquae

Polynucleobacter duraquae
Free living polynucleobacter species
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P. duraquae
Binomial name
Polynucleobacter duraquae
Hahn et al. 2016
Type strain
MWH-MoK4
Synonyms

P. necessarius subsp. asymbioticus, Polynucleobacter sp. MWH-MoK4

Polynucleobacter duraquae is an aerobic, chemo-organotrophic, catalase- and oxidase-positive, sometimes motile, free-living bacterium of the genus Polynucleobacter, isolated from Lake Mondsee in Austria. The species represents planktonic bacteria (bacterioplankton) dwelling in alkaline freshwater systems.