| Brachymonas chironomi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Betaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Burkholderiales |
| Family: | Comamonadaceae |
| Genus: | Brachymonas |
| Species: | Brachymonas chironomi |
| Binomial name | |
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B. chironomi Halpern et al. 2009, sp. nov. |
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| Type strain | |
| AIMA4, DSM 19884, Halpern AImA4, LMG 24400 | |
Brachymonas chironomi is a Gram-negative, nonmotile, aerobic, oxidase-positive, catalase-positive, chemo-organotrophic bacterium from the genus Brachymonas and family Comamonadaceae, which was isolated from a chironomid egg mass in Israel.Brachymonas chironomi occur as single cells ore as pairs and sometimes as chains. The colony color of B. chironomi is beige and changes after a few days into brown-beige.