Micropepsaceae Harbison et al. 2017
General information
Name
Micropepsaceae
Valid publication
2017
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Proteobacteria.
Alphaproteobacteria.
Micropepsales.
Micropepsaceae
Nomenclature type
Micropepsis
Etymology
N.L. fem. n. <i>Micropepsis</i>, the type genus of the family; suff. -<i>aceae</i>, to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. <i>Micropepsaceae</i>, the <i>Micropepsis</i> family.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Gram-negative, non-spore-forming rod-shaped bacteria that reproduce by binary fission or budding from prosthecate mother cells. Obligately anaerobic, facultative or aerobic. Neutrophilic or mildly acidophilic. Grow fermentatively on mono-, di- and polysaccharides such as sucrose, dextrose, xylose, maltose, cellobiose and/or xylan. Ferric iron, nitrate, oxygen and/or fumarate may serve as electron acceptors. DNA G+C content is 55-64 mol%.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M022502070101 | Micropepsis | Genus | 1921569 |
M022502070102 | Rhizomicrobium | Genus | 1241326 |
References
1
Harbison, A.B., Price, L.E., Flythe, M.D., and Brauer, S.L. Micropepsis pineolensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a mildly acidophilic alphaproteobacterium isolated from a poor fen, and proposal of Micropepsaceae fam. nov. within Micropepsales ord. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2017) 67:839-844.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.001681]
[PMID:27902348]