Kriegella Nedashkovskaya et al. 2008
General information
Name
Kriegella
Valid publication
2008
Nomenclature type
Kriegella aquimaris
Etymology
N.L. fem. dim. n. <i>Kriegella</i>, named in honour of Noel R. Krieg, a famous American microbiologist, who has made a great contribution to the taxonomy of bacteria belonging to the phylum <i>Bacteroidetes</i>.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are rod-shaped and strictly aerobic. Gram-negative. Do not form endospores. Non-diffusible pigments are produced. Chemoorganotrophs. Cytochrome oxidase, catalase and alkaline phosphatase are positive. The predominant cellular fatty acids are branched-chain saturated and unsaturated and straight-chain unsaturated fatty acids iso-C15:1, iso-C17:0 3-OH, iso-C15:0, C15:0, summed feature 3 (iso-C15:0 2-OH and/or C16:1 ω7c) and iso-C17:1 ω9c. The main respiratory quinone is MK-6. The DNA G+C content of the type species is 39-41 mol%.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
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M020504010474001 | Kriegella aquimaris | Species | 192904 |
References
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Nedashkovskaya, O.I., Suzuki, M., Kim, S.B., and Mikhailov, V.V. Kriegella aquimaris gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine environments. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2008) 58:2624-2628.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.65751-0]
[PMID:18984704]