Ascidiimonas Yoon et al. 2016
General information
Name
Ascidiimonas
Valid publication
2016
Effective publication
2016
Nomenclature type
Ascidiimonas aurantiaca
Etymology
N.L. fem. n. <i>Ascidia</i>, a genus of tunicates; L. fem. n. <i>monas</i>, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. <i>Ascidiimonas</i>, a monad from Ascidia.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are curved-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 (>10%) cellular fatty acids are iso-C15:1 G, iso-C17:0 3-OH, iso-C15:0 and summed feature 3 (C16:1 ω7c and/or C16:1 ω6c). The DNA G+C content of the type species is 41 mol%.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
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M020504010416001 | Ascidiimonas aurantiaca | Species | 1685432 |
References
1
Yoon, J., Oku, N., and Kasai, H. Ascidiimonas aurantiaca gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a sea squirt. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (2016) 109:501-508.[DOI:10.1007/s10482-016-0655-z]
[PMID:26800666]
2
Validation List No. 172. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2016) 66:4299-4305.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.001585]