Massilia aurea | |
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Species: | M. aurea
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Massilia aurea Gallego et al. 2006, sp. nov.
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AP13, CCM 7363, CECT 7142, CIP 109392, DSM 18055, JCM 13879, strain AP13 [2] |
Massilia aurea is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped non- spore-forming motile and strictly aerobic [3] bacterium from the genus Massilia and family Oxalobacteraceae. It was isolated from the drinking water distribution system in Seville, Spain. [4] M. aurea produces yellow-pigmented colonies. [5]
The specific name aurea comes from the Latin adjective aurea ("golden") which refers to the yellow pigment that M. aurea produces. [1]