Tags: Bacteria.
Previously known as candidate phylum OP10 and was composed solely of environmental 16S rRNA gene clone sequences however recently three strains were formally described two of which are in press at the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology thus nearing validation as formal species.[citation needed]Armatimonas rosea an aerobic chemoheterotrophic bacterium strain YO-36T isolated from rhizoplane of an aquatic plant (a reed Phragmites australis) inhabiting a freshwater lake in Japan.