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Genus: | Costertonia Kwon et al. 2006[1]
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Costertonia aggregata[1] | |
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C. aggregata[1] |
Costertonia is a mesophilic genus of bacteria from the family of Flavobacteriaceae with one known species (Costertonia aggregata).[2][1][3][4][5] The genus Costertonia is named after the Canadian microbiologist J.W. Costerton.[6]