Roseiarcaceae Kulichevskaya et al. 2014
General information
Name
Roseiarcaceae
Valid publication
2014
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Proteobacteria.
Alphaproteobacteria.
Rhizobiales.
Roseiarcaceae
Nomenclature type
Roseiarcus
Etymology
N.L. masc. n. <i>Roseiarcus</i>, type genus of the family; suff. -<i>aceae</i>, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. <i>Roseiarcaceae</i>, the <i>Roseiarcus</i> family.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Gram-negative, non-spore-forming bacteria. Aerobes capable of fermentation under micro-oxic conditions. Mesophilic and mildly acidophilic. The family belongs to the class Alphaproteobacteria, order Rhizobiales.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M022502091501 | Roseiarcus | Genus | 1643958 |
References
1
Kulichevskaya, I.S., Danilova, O.V., Tereshina, V.M., Kevbrin, V.V., and Dedysh, S.N. Descriptions of Roseiarcus fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacteriochlorophyll α-containing fermentative bacterium related phylogenetically to alphaproteobacterial methanotrophs, and of the family Roseiarcaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2014) 64:2558-2565.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.064576-0]
[PMID:24812364]