Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis

Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, halophilic and non-motile bacterium from the genus Altererythrobacter which has been isolated from the coastal area of Okinawa on Japan.^[1][3][4] Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis produces astaxanthin.^[4][5]

Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Sphingomonadales
Family:	Erythrobacteraceae
Genus:	Altererythrobacter
Species:	A. ishigakiensis
Binomial name
Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis Matsumoto et al. 2011[1]
Type strain[2]
ATCC BAA-2084, JPCCMB0017, NBRC 107699, NITE-AP48
Synonyms[3]
Erythrobacter ishigakiensis