Botryobacter

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}

{{Speciesbox

| genus = Botryobacter

| parent_authority = Han et al. 2019{{cite journal |title=Genus: Botryobacter |journal=LPSN.DSMZ.de |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/botryobacter |language=en}}

| species = ruber

| authority = Han et al. 2019

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Botryobacter is a Gram-negative and rod-shaped bacterial genus from the family of Hymenobacteraceae with one known species (Botryobacter ruber).{{cite journal |title=Botryobacter |website=www.uniprot.org |url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/2710873}}{{cite journal |last1=Han |first1=Ming-Xian |last2=Dong |first2=Lei |last3=Asem |first3=Mipeshwaree Devi |last4=Jiao |first4=Jian-Yu |last5=Wang |first5=Dong |last6=Liu |first6=Feng |last7=Yang |first7=Zi-Wen |last8=Xiao |first8=Min |last9=Salam |first9=Nimaichand |last10=Li |first10=Wen-Jun |title=Botryobacter ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Hymenobacteraceae |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |date=1 March 2019 |volume=69 |issue=3 |pages=821–827 |doi=10.1099/ijsem.0.003247|pmid=30698515 |s2cid=59411479 |doi-access=free }} Botryobacter ruber has been isolated from soil from the Gurbantunggut Desert.