Cloacibacterium

Cloacibacterium normanense is a bacterium originally found in wastewater in Norman, Oklahoma. It is Gram-negative, non-motile, and facultatively anaerobic. Physically, it is a rod-shaped organism with yellow pigmentation.

Cloacibacterium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Bacteroidota
Class:	Flavobacteriia
Order:	Flavobacteriales
Family:	Weeksellaceae
Genus:	Cloacibacterium Allen et al. 2006[1]
Type species
Cloacibacterium normanense[1]
Species
C. haliotis[1] C. normanense[1] C. rupense[1]

This organism was discovered^[when?] using a non-selective medium, as opposed to the traditional selective media often used to isolate microorganisms. In this case, the method involved diluting raw sewage.