Rhizorhabdus wittichii
| Rhizorhabdus wittichii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Sphingomonadales |
| Family: | Sphingomonadaceae |
| Genus: | Rhizorhabdus |
| Species: | R. wittichii |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhizorhabdus wittichii (Yabuuchi et al. 2001) Hördt et al. 2020 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sphingomonas wittichii Yabuuchi et al. 2001 | |
The species Rhizorhabdus wittichii, formerly Sphingomonas wittichii, is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped motile bacterium, with an optimum growth temperature at 30 °C. It forms a greyish white colony. It has been found to have a 67 mol% of DNA G+C content.
The R. wittichii RW1 genome consists of 5,915,246 bp and consists of a single circular chromosome and two plasmids.