Polynucleobacter yangtzensis

Polynucleobacter yangtzensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Betaproteobacteria
Order: Burkholderiales
Family: Burkholderiaceae
Genus: Polynucleobacter
Species:
P. yangtzensis
Binomial name
Polynucleobacter yangtzensis
Hahn et al. 2016
Type strain
MWH-JaK3
Synonyms

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.