Dietzia maris

Dietzia maris is a Gram-positive and aerobic bacterium from the genus Dietzia. Dietzia species are characterized as Gram-positive, catalase-positive cells that appear as cocci or short rods and produce a noticeable orange pigment from carotenoids.¹ Dietzia species have extracellular enzyme production such as casein-degrading proteases and starch-breaking amylases.² Dietzia grows well within a moderate temperature range (25–37 °C) and does not grow at low or high extreme temperatures.³ Dietzia species were originally isolated from environmental substrates, such as soil and plant-associated material.³ Multiple species of Dietzia have been reported to produce biosurfactants that can solubilize hydrocarbons.⁴^{[1][2][5][6][7]}

Dietzia maris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetes
Order:	Mycobacteriales
Family:	Dietziaceae
Genus:	Dietzia
Species:	D. maris
Binomial name
Dietzia maris (Nesterenko et al. 1982) Rainey et al. 1995[1]
Type strain
ATCC 35013[2] AUCNM A-593[2] DSM 43672[2] IMET 7760[2] IMV 195[2]
Synonyms
Dietzia cinnamea Yassin et al. 2006[3] "Flavobacterium maris" Harrison 1929 Rhodococcus maris (ex Harrison 1929) Nesterenko et al. 1982[4]