Morganellaceae Adeolu et al. 2016
General information
Name
Morganellaceae
Valid publication
2016
Nomenclature type
Morganella
Etymology
N.L. fem. n. <i>Morganella</i>, the type genus of the family; suff. -<i>aceae</i>, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. <i>Morganellaceae</i>, the family whose nomenclatural type is the genus <i>Morganella</i>.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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The family Morganellaceae contains the type genus Morganella and the genera Arsenophonus, Cosenzaea, Moellerella, Photorhabdus, Proteus, Providencia and Xenorhabdus. These bacteria are oxidase-negative, and negative for arginine decarboxylase and Voges-Proskauer. Members of the family Morganellaceae form a distinct monophyletic cluster in genome- and multigene-based phylogenetic trees and can be distinguished from all other bacteria by seven conserved signature indels in the proteins dihydrolipoamide succinyltransferase, Xaa-Pro dipeptidase, bifunctional UDP-sugar hydrolase (5'-nucleotid-ase), transcriptional repair coupling factor, phosphateacetyltransferase, histidine-tRNA ligase, and N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M022506080501 | Arsenophonus | Genus | 637 |
M022506080502 | Cosenzaea | Genus | 1354333 |
M022506080503 | Moellerella | Genus | 158848 |
M022506080504 | Morganella | Genus | 581 |
M022506080505 | Photorhabdus | Genus | 29487 |
M022506080506 | Proteus | Genus | 583 |
M022506080507 | Providencia | Genus | 586 |
M022506080508 | Xenorhabdus | Genus | 626 |
References
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Adeolu, M., Alnajar, S., Naushad, S., and Gupta, R.S. Genome based phylogeny and taxonomy of the 'Enterobacteriales': proposal for Enterobacterales ord. nov. divided into the families Enterobacteriaceae, Erwiniaceae fam. nov., Pectobacteriaceae fam. nov., Yersiniaceae fam. nov., Hafniaceae fam. nov., Morganellaceae fam. nov., and Budviciaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2016) 66:5575-5599.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.001485]
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