Saonia Fagervold et al. 2017
General information
Name
Saonia
Valid publication
2017
Nomenclature type
Saonia flava
Etymology
L. fem. n. <i>Sao</i> the Nereid Sao; N.L. fem. n. Saonia named after Sao, the Nereid of ‘safe’ passage, or the rescue of sailors, referring to the marine origin.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, aerobic and chemoorganoheterotrophic. Positive for catalase, oxidase and alkaline phosphatase. Requires NaCl for growth. Produces yellow pigment but no flexirubin. The most predominant fatty acid is iso-C17:0 3-OH and the only respiratory lipoquinone is MK-6. The DNA G+C content of the type species is 36.9 mol%.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M02050401040U001 | Saonia flava | Species | 523696 |
References
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Fagervold, S.K., Intertaglia, L., Batailler, N., Bondoso, J., and Lebaron, P. Saonia flava gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from coastal seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2017) 67(9):3246-3250.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.002095]
[PMID:28829014]