Sagittula stellata is a lignin-transforming bacterium, the type species of its genus. It is Gram-negative and rod-shaped, does not form spores, and is strictly aerobic. The type strain is E-37 (= ATCC 700073).^[1]

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• LPSN
• Type strain of Sagittula stellata at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase