Magnetococcales Bazylinski et al. 2013
General information
Name
Magnetococcales
Valid publication
2013
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Proteobacteria.
Alphaproteobacteria.
Magnetococcales
Nomenclature type
Magnetococcus
Etymology
N.L. masc. <i>Magnetococcus</i>, type genus of the order; suff. -<i>ales</i>, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. <i>Magnetococcales</i>, the order of <i>Magnetococcus</i>.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are coccoid-ovoid in shape. Cells may contain magnetite crystals, although the intracellular arrangement of crystals is variable. Gram-negative. This order constitutes the earliest diverging order of the Alphaproteobacteria known to date. Separation of Magnetococcus and related organisms into a new order is justified by their distinct phyletic lineage based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence. The order contains the family Magnetococcaceae.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M0225020601 | Magnetococcaceae | Family | 1191479 |
References
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Bazylinski, D.A., Williams, T.J., Lefevre, C.T., Berg, R.J., Zhang, C.L., Bowser, S.S., Dean, A.J., and Beveridge, T.J. Magnetococcus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine, magnetotactic bacterium that represents a novel lineage (Magnetococcaceae fam. nov., Magnetococcales ord. nov.) at the base of the Alphaproteobacteria. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2013) 63:801-808.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.038927-0]
[PMID:22581902]