Antarcticimonas Yang et al. 2014
General information
Name
Antarcticimonas
Valid publication
2014
Effective publication
2009
Nomenclature type
Antarcticimonas flava
Etymology
L. adj. <i>antarcticus</i>, Antarctic; L. fem. n. <i>monas</i>, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. <i>Antarcticimonas</i>, an Antarctic monad, a bacterium isolated from the Antarctic sea water.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are Gram-negative, non-motile, non-gliding, chemoheterotrophic, obligately aerobic rods. Carotenoid pigment is present but flexirubin type pigment is absent. Oxidase-negative and catalase-positive. Degrades gelatin and starch and oxidizes various kinds of carbon substrates. The major fatty acids are iso-C15:0 2-OH and/or C16:1 ω7c, anteiso-C15:0 and iso-C16:1. The major respiratory quinone is MK-6 and the DNA G+C content of the type species is 37.3 mol%.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M020504010408001 | Antarcticimonas flava | Species | 442728 |
References
1
Yang, S.-J., Oh, H.-M., Chung, S., and Cho, J.-C. Antarcticimonas flava gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from Antarctic coastal seawater. J. Microbiol. (2009) 47:517-523.[DOI:10.1007/s12275-009-0225-4]
[PMID:19851722]
2
Validation List No. 155. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2014) 64:1-5.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.060285-0]