Tenacibaculum Suzuki et al. 2001
General information
Name
Tenacibaculum
Valid publication
2001
Nomenclature type
Tenacibaculum maritimum
Etymology
L. adj. n. <i>tenax</i> -<i>acis</i>, holding fast, tenacious; L. neut. n. <i>baculum</i>, stick; N.L. neut. n. <i>Tenacibaculum</i>, rod-shaped bacterium that adheres to the surface of marine organisms.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Gram-negative. Cells are rod-shaped, 1.5-30 µm long and 0.4-0.5 µm wide. Ring-shaped cells and gas vesicles are not formed. Produce a yellow pigment which is mainly zeaxanthin. Flexirubin-type pigment is absent. Spores are not formed. Cells are nonflagellated and are motile by gliding. Strictly aerobic heterotrophs. Produce catalase and oxidase. Major respiratory quinone is MK-6. All strains were isolated from a marine environment and grow well on media containing sea water. One species can grow actively on media containing 1-7% NaCl (w/v). G+C content of the DNA is 31-33 mol%.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M02050401041M002 | Tenacibaculum adriaticum | Species | 413713 |
M02050401041M003 | Tenacibaculum aestuarii | Species | 362781 |
M02050401041M004 | Tenacibaculum aestuariivivum | Species | 2006131 |
M02050401041M005 | Tenacibaculum agarivorans | Species | 1908389 |
M02050401041M006 | Tenacibaculum aiptasiae | Species | 426481 |
M02050401041M007 | Tenacibaculum amylolyticum | Species | 104269 |
M02050401041M008 | Tenacibaculum ascidiaceicola | Species | 1699411 |
M02050401041M009 | Tenacibaculum caenipelagi | Species | 1325435 |
M02050401041M010 | Tenacibaculum crassostreae | Species | 502683 |
M02050401041M011 | Tenacibaculum dicentrarchi | Species | 669041 |
M02050401041M012 | Tenacibaculum discolor | Species | 361581 |
M02050401041M013 | Tenacibaculum gallaicum | Species | 561505 |
M02050401041M014 | Tenacibaculum geojense | Species | 915352 |
M02050401041M015 | Tenacibaculum haliotis | Species | 1888914 |
M02050401041M016 | Tenacibaculum holothuriorum | Species | 1635173 |
M02050401041M017 | Tenacibaculum insulae | Species | 2029677 |
M02050401041M018 | Tenacibaculum jejuense | Species | 584609 |
M02050401041M019 | Tenacibaculum litopenaei | Species | 396016 |
M02050401041M020 | Tenacibaculum litoreum | Species | 321269 |
M02050401041M021 | Tenacibaculum lutimaris | Species | 285258 |
M02050401041M001 | Tenacibaculum maritimum | Species | 107401 |
M02050401041M022 | Tenacibaculum mesophilum | Species | 104268 |
M02050401041M023 | Tenacibaculum ovolyticum | Species | 104270 |
M02050401041M024 | Tenacibaculum sediminilitoris | Species | 1820334 |
M02050401041M025 | Tenacibaculum skagerrakense | Species | 186571 |
M02050401041M026 | Tenacibaculum soleae | Species | 447689 |
M02050401041M027 | Tenacibaculum todarodis | Species | 1850252 |
M02050401041M028 | Tenacibaculum xiamenense | Species | 1261553 |
References
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Suzuki, M., Nakagawa, Y., Harayama, S., and Yamamoto, S. Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic study of marine Cytophaga-like bacteria: proposal for Tenacibaculum gen. nov. with Tenacibaculum maritimum comb. nov. and Tenacibaculum ovolyticum comb. nov., and description of Tenacibaculum mesophilum sp. nov. and Tenacibaculum amylolyticum sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2001) 51:1639-1652.[DOI:10.1099/00207713-51-5-1639]
[PMID:11594591]