Cryptobacterium Nakazawa et al. 1999
General information
Name
Cryptobacterium
Valid publication
1999
Nomenclature type
Cryptobacterium curtum
Etymology
Gr. adj. <i>kruptos</i>, hidden; L. neut. n. <i>bacterium</i>, a rod; N.L. neut. n. <i>Cryptobacteriurn</i>, a hidden rod-shaped bacterium.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are short Gram-positive rods. Occasionally Gram-variable in stationary phase. Obligately anaerobic, non-motile and non-sporing. Catalase-negative. Asaccharolytic and no volatile end products in PYG. The DNA G+C content is 50-51 mol%. According to the almost complete 16S rDNA sequence, the genus groups with the general cluster of actinomycetes of Gram-positive bacteria.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M020203020103001 | Cryptobacterium curtum | Species | 84163 |
References
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Nakazawa, F., Poco, S.E., Ikeda, T., Sato, M., Kalfas, S., Sundqvist, G., and Hoshino, E. Cryptobacterium curtum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of gram-positive anaerobic rod isolated from human oral cavities. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1999) 49:1193-1200.[DOI:10.1099/00207713-49-3-1193]
[PMID:10425779]