Kingdom Bacteria Class Gammaproteobacteria Family Enterobacteriaceae Scientific name Serratia proteamaculans | Phylum Proteobacteria Order Enterobacteriales Genus Serratia Rank Species | |
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Similar Serratia entomophila, Costelytra zealandica, Serratia, Hafnia, Plesiomonas shigelloides | ||
Serratia proteamaculans is a Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium. S. proteamaculans HY-3 isolated from the digestive tract of a spider produces an extracellular protease named arazyme, with an estimated molecular mass of 51.5 kDa.
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