Polynucleobacter yangtzensis
| Polynucleobacter yangtzensis | |
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| Species: | P. yangtzensis |
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| Polynucleobacter yangtzensis Hahn et al. 2016 | |
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| MWH-JaK3 | |
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P. necessarius subsp. asymbioticus, Polynucleobacter sp. MWH-JaK3 | |
Polynucleobacter yangtzensis is an aerobic, chemo-organotrophic, catalase- and oxidase-positive, sometimes motile, free-living bacterium of the genus Polynucleobacter, isolated from Yangtze River in the City of Nanjing (China). The species represents planktonic bacteria (bacterioplankton) dwelling in alkaline freshwater systems. The species name refers to the origin of the type strain.