Halomonas elongata

Halomonas elongata is considered the type species of the genus Halomonas. It is a Gram negative, rod-shaped, halophilic proteobacteria. H. elongata is motile with the use of polar flagella.[1] As a halophile, it inhabits saline environments including estuaries, a marine environment, and saline lakes. H. elongata grows aerobically and anaerobically in saline media.[2] There are many other Halomonas species.[3] H. elongata reduces nitrate to nitrite. It ferments glucose, oxidizes sucrose, oxidizes glycerol, oxidizes mannose, and oxidizes cellobiose. H. elongata is catalase positive. It grows at room temperature.[1]

Halomonas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Gammaproteobacteria
Order:
Oceanospirillales
Family:
Halomonadaceae
Genus:
Halomonas
Species:
Halomonas elongata

References
  1. VREELAND, R. H.; LITCHFIELD, C. D.; MARTIN, E. L.; ELLIOT, E. (1980). "Halomonas elongata, a New Genus and Species of Extremely Salt-Tolerant Bacteria". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 30 (2): 485–495. doi:10.1099/00207713-30-2-485.
  2. Vreeland, Russell H. (2015), "Halomonas", Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria, American Cancer Society, pp. 1–19, doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01190, ISBN 9781118960608
  3. JP, Euzeby. "Halomonas". LPSN. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
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