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 | |
| 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.