Zymobacter

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}

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{{Taxobox

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Pseudomonadota

| classis = Gammaproteobacteria

| ordo = Oceanospirillales

| familia = Halomonadaceae

| genus = Zymobacter

| genus_authority = Okamoto et al. 1995{{cite journal |title=Genus: Zymobacter |journal=LPSN.DSMZ.de |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/zymobacter |language=en}}

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| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =Z. palmae

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Zymobacter is a Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic and non-spore-forming genus from the family of Halomonadaceae, with one known species (Zymobacter palmae).{{cite journal |title=Zymobacter |website=www.uniprot.org |url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/33073}}{{cite journal |title=Taxonomy of the genus Zymobacter Okamoto et al. 1995 |year=2009|doi=10.1601/tx.2542|last1=Parker|first1=Charles Thomas|last2=Wigley|first2=Sarah|last3=Garrity|first3=George M.|editor1-first=Charles Thomas|editor1-last=Parker|editor2-first=George M|editor2-last=Garrity}}{{cite journal |last1=Okamoto |first1=Tomoyuki |last2=Taguchi |first2=Hiroshi |last3=Nakamura |first3=Katsumi |last4=Ikenaga |first4=Hiroshi |last5=Kuraishi |first5=Hiroshi |last6=Yamasato |first6=Kazuhide |title=Zymobacter palmae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new ethanol-fermenting peritrichous bacterium isolated from palm sap |journal=Archives of Microbiology |date=November 1993 |volume=160 |issue=5 |pages=333–337 |doi=10.1007/BF00252218|pmid=8257279 |s2cid=21640805 }} Zymobacter palmae has been isolated from palm sap from Okinawa Prefecture.