Acinetobacter apis

Acinetobacter apis is a gram-negative, obligate aerobic and non-motile bacterium from the genus Acinetobacter which has been isolated from the intestinal tract of the bee Apis mellifera.^[1][2][3] A. apis showed optimum growth at 25 degrees Celsius, pH 6–7, and in the presence of 1% (w/v) NaCl in trypticase soy broth medium.^[3] This bacterium was first characterized in 2014.^[3]

Acinetobacter apis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Pseudomonadales
Family:	Moraxellaceae
Genus:	Acinetobacter
Species:	A. apis
Binomial name
Acinetobacter apis Kim et al., 2014[1]
Type strain
HYN18, JCM 18575, KACC 16906[2]