Massilia dura
Massilia dura is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming bacterium from the genus "Massilia" and family Oxalobacteraceae, which was isolated with "Massilia albidiflava, Massilia plicata", and "Massilia lutea" from soil samples collected from southeast China. Colonies of "M. dura" are hard and compact and their color is pale white to yellow. Etymology. The specific name "dura" comes from the Latin" dura", which means "hard", because of the nature of the colonies.