Aliidiomarina minuta is a halophilic, alkaliphilic, aerobic and motile bacterium from the genus of Aliidiomarina which was first isolated from water from the Mono Lake from the United States.[1][2][3] Under adverse environmental conditions, A. marina shrinks to around 0.2 μm * 0.1 μm in size as a survival mechanism.[3] This characteristic is unique to other species within the genus and gives A. marina the ability to pass through 0.22 μm filters (commonly used in filter sterilisation).[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Alteromonadales |
| Family: | Idiomarinaceae |
| Genus: | Aliidiomarina |
| Species: | A. minuta
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| Binomial name | |
| Aliidiomarina minuta Farooqui et al. 2016[1]
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| Type strain | |
| JCM 17425, KCTC 23357, MLST1[2] | |
References
edit- ^ a b "Aliidiomarina". LPSN.
- ^ a b "Aliidiomarina minuta". www.uniprot.org.
- ^ a b c Farooqui, SM; Wright, MH; Greene, AC (January 2016). "Aliidiomarina minuta sp. nov., a haloalkaliphilic bacterium that forms ultra-small cells under non-optimal conditions". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 109 (1): 83–93. doi:10.1007/s10482-015-0611-3. PMID 26511955. S2CID 14201965.
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