Hymenobacter mucosus

Hymenobacter mucosus is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped and non-motile bacterium from the genus Hymenobacter which has been isolated from soil from the Jiuxiang cave in China. It produces red, watermelonlike pigment from the plectaniaxanthin series of carotenoid pigments. The 16S RNA analysis has revealed its similarity to Hymenobacter tibetensis, Hymenobacter gelipurpurascens and Hymenobacter xinjiangensis ^[1][2][3][4]

Hymenobacter mucosus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Bacteroidota
Class:	Cytophagia
Order:	Cytophagales
Family:	Hymenobacteraceae
Genus:	Hymenobacter
Species:	H. mucosus
Binomial name
Hymenobacter mucosus Liu et al. 2015[1]
Type strain[2]
DSM 28041, YIM 77969, KCTC 32567