Algitalea Yoon et al. 2015
General information
Name
Algitalea
Valid publication
2015
Effective publication
2015
Nomenclature type
Algitalea ulvae
Etymology
L. n. <i>alga</i>, alga or seaweed; L. fem. n. <i>talea</i>, a rod; N.L. fem. n. <i>Algitalea</i>, rod associated with algae.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are rod-shaped, Gram-stain negative and strictly aerobic. Endospores are not formed. Catalase and oxidase positive. Flexirubin-type pigments are absent. The major respiratory quinone is menaquinone 6 (MK-6). The predominant cellular fatty acids are iso-C15:0, C18:0 and iso-C17:0 3-OH. The major polar lipids are phosphatidylethanolamine, an unidentified glycolipid and two unidentified lipids. The DNA G+C content of the type species is 36 mol%.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M020504010406001 | Algitalea ulvae | Species | 1627873 |
References
1
Yoon, J., Adachi, K., and Kasai, H. Isolation and characterization of a novel marine Bacteroidetes as Algitalea ulvae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the green alga Ulva pertusa. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (2015) 108:505-513.[DOI:10.1007/s10482-015-0504-5]
[PMID:26063306]
2
Validation List No. 166. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2015) 65:3763-3767.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.000632]