Janthinobacterium aestuarii sp. nov., a novel violacein-producing bacterium isolated from the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., USA

Strain TB1-E2-13 T was isolated from water collected from the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., USA, due to the bright purple colour of its colonies, and was taxonomically evaluated with a polyphasic approach. Comparison of a partial 16S rRNA gene sequence found that strain TB1-E2-13 T was most simil... View More