Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis

Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, halophilic and non-motile bacterium from the genus of Altererythrobacter which has been isolated from the coastal area of Okinawa on Japan.[1][3][4] Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis produces astaxanthin.[4][5]

Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	"Proteobacteria"
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Sphingomonadales
Family:	Erythrobacteraceae
Genus:	Altererythrobacter
Species:	A. ishigakiensis
Binomial name
Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis Matsumoto et al. 2011[1]
Type strain
ATCC BAA-2084, JPCCMB0017, NBRC 107699, NITE-AP48[2]
Synonyms
Erythrobacter ishigakiensis[3]

References

1. Parte, A.C. "Altererythrobacter". LPSN. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
2. "Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis Taxon Passport - StrainInfo". www.straininfo.net. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
3. "Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis". www.uniprot.org. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
4. Matsumoto, M; Iwama, D; Arakaki, A; Tanaka, A; Tanaka, T; Miyashita, H; Matsunaga, T (December 2011). "Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis sp. nov., an astaxanthin-producing bacterium isolated from a marine sediment". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61 (Pt 12): 2956–61. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.024729-0. PMID 21278415.
5. Kim, Se-Kwon (2013). Marine biomaterials characterization, isolation, and applications. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-466-50565-0.