title: Massilia lutea
text: # Massilia lutea
  
  Massilia lutea is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, short rod-shaped, motile bacterium with a peritrichous flagellum from the genus Massilia and family Oxalobacteraceae.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The specific name lutea comes from the Latin lutea which means golden yellow, because of the color of its colonies.
  
  