Massilia brevitalea is a Gram-negative, strictly aerobic non-spore-forming short rods bacterium from the genus Massilia and family Oxalobacteraceae, which was isolated from lysimeter soil. Colonies of M. brevitalea are pale white to yellow in color.
Etymology The specific name brevitalea comes from the Latin adjective brevis which means "short" and the Latin talea which means "bar" or "rod", which refers to the shape of cells.LPSN
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External links Type strain of Massilia brevitalea at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase