title: Massilia aurea
text: # Massilia aurea
  
  Massilia aurea is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped non-spore-forming motile and strictly aerobic bacterium from the genus Massilia and family Oxalobacteraceae. It was isolated from the drinking water distribution system in Seville, Spain. M. aurea produces yellow-pigmented colonies.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The specific name aurea comes from the Latin adjective aurea ("golden") which refers to the yellow pigment that M. aurea produces.
  
  