Soonwooa Joung et al. 2010
General information
Name
Soonwooa
Valid publication
2010
Nomenclature type
Soonwooa buanensis
Etymology
N.L. fem. n. <i>Soonwooa</i>, named in memory of Professor Soon-Woo Hong, a microbiologist who founded the first university microbiology department in Korea.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are Gram-negative, strictly aerobic, chemoheterotrophic rods devoid of flagellar and gliding motility. Oxidase-positive and catalase-positive. Carotenoid pigments are present, but flexirubin-type pigments are absent. The predominant fatty acids are iso-C15:0, iso-C17:0 3-OH, iso-C17:1 ω7c and summed feature 3 (C16:1 ω6c and/or C16:1 ω7c). The major respiratory quinone is MK-6. The major polar lipids are phosphatidylethanolamine and several aminolipids. The DNA G+C content of the type species is 29.6 mol%.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M02050401041B001 | Soonwooa buanensis | Species | 619805 |
M02050401041B002 | Soonwooa purpurea | Species | 1938559 |
References
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Joung, Y., Song, J., Lee, K., Oh, H.-M., Joh, K., and Cho, J.-C. Soonwooa buanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2010) 60:2061-2065.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.017707-0]
[PMID:19819990]