Zavarzinia compransoris

Zavarzinia compransoris is a Gram-negative soil bacterium that comprises the only current member of the genus Zavarzinia. It is named after the Russian microbiologist Georgi Alexandrovich Zavarzin. Zavarzinia is motile by using a polar flagellum. The cells are curved rod-shaped.^[2]

Zavarzinia compransoris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Rhodospirillales
Family:	Zavarziniaceae Hördt et al. 2020[1]
Genus:	Zavarzinia Meyer et al. 1994
Binomial name
Zavarzinia compransoris (ex Nozhevnikova and Zavarzin 1974) Meyer et al. 1994
Synonyms
Comamonas compransoris Nozhevnikova and Zavarzin 1974 Pseudomonas compransoris (Nozhevnikova and Zavarzin 1974) Cypionka et al. 1980