Delftia litopenaei

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

{{Speciesbox

| image =Delftia_litopenaei_wsw-7.jpg

| genus = Delftia

| species = litopenaei

| image_alt = Picture of the bacteria

| authority = Chen et al. 2012{{cite web|url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/delftia|title=Delftia|author=A.C. Parte|publisher=LPSN|access-date=2016-08-18}}

| type_strain = BCRC 80212, LMG 25724, wsw-7{{cite web|url=http://www.straininfo.net/strains/853997|title=LMG 25724 Strain Passport - StrainInfo|publisher=straininfo.net|access-date=2016-08-18|archive-date=2016-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923011025/http://www.straininfo.net/strains/853997|url-status=dead}}

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Delftia litopenaei is a Gram-negative, short-rod-shaped, non-spore-forming, motile bacterium from the Comamonadaceae family, which was isolated from a freshwater shrimp culture pond in Taiwan.{{Cite journal

| pmid = 22140156

| year = 2012

| last1 = Chen

| first1 = W. M.

| title = Delftia litopenaei sp. nov., a poly-β-hydroxybutyrate-accumulating bacterium isolated from a freshwater shrimp culture pond

| journal = International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

| volume = 62

| issue = Pt 10

| pages = 2315–21

| last2 = Lin

| first2 = Y. S.

| last3 = Sheu

| first3 = D. S.

| last4 = Sheu

| first4 = S. Y.

| doi = 10.1099/ijs.0.037507-0

}} It has the ability to accumulate poly-β-hydroxybutyrate.{{Cite journal

| pmid = 22140156

| year = 2012

| last1 = Chen

| first1 = W. M.

| title = Delftia litopenaei sp. nov., a poly-β-hydroxybutyrate-accumulating bacterium isolated from a freshwater shrimp culture pond

| journal = International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

| volume = 62

| issue = Pt 10

| pages = 2315–21

| last2 = Lin

| first2 = Y. S.

| last3 = Sheu

| first3 = D. S.

| last4 = Sheu

| first4 = S. Y.

| doi = 10.1099/ijs.0.037507-0

}}