Jeotgalicoccus marinus is a species of Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic bacteria. It is moderately halophilic, it grows in environments with 0.5–25.0 % total salts. The cells are coccoid. The species was isolated from a sea urchin (Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus) from the South China Sea.
References Yi-Guang Chen, Yu-Qin Zhang, Jin-Xiao Shi, Huai-Dong Xiao, Shu-Kun Tang, Zhu-Xiang Liu, Ke Huang, Xiao-Long Cui und Wen-Jun Li. Jeotgalicoccus marinus sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from a sea urchin In: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Band 59, Nr. 7, Juni 2009, S. 1625–1629.
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External links Type strain of Jeotgalicoccus marinus at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase