Amphritea balenae

Amphritea balenae
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Oceanospirillales
Family: Oceanospirillaceae
Genus: Amphritea
Species:
A. balenae
Binomial name
Amphritea balenae
Gärtner et al. 2008
Type strain
ATCC BAA-1529, JAMM 1525, JCM 14781

Amphritea balenae is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming and motile bacterium from the genus Amphritea which has been isolated from sediments near a sperm whale carcasses from Kagoshima on Japan.