Yeosuana Kwon et al. 2006
General information
Name
Yeosuana
Valid publication
2006
Nomenclature type
Yeosuana aromativorans
Etymology
N.L. fem. n. <i>Yeosuana</i>, named after Yeosu City, where the type strain of the type species was isolated.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are strictly aerobic, non-motile, Gram-negative rods. Yellowish-brown colonies are formed on marine agar 2216. No gliding motility. Produce non-diffusible carotenoid pigments, but flexirubin type pigments are absent. DNA G+C content is 51.4 mol%. Major respiratory quinones are MK-5 and MK-6. Major cellular fatty acids are straight chain and branched chain unsaturated fatty acids. Oxidase activity is absent and catalase activity is weak. The DNA G+C content of the type species is 51.4 mol%.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
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M02050401041T001 | Yeosuana aromativorans | Species | 288019 |
References
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Kwon, K.K., Lee, H.-S., Jung, H.-B., Kang, J.-H., and Kim, S.-J. Yeosuana aromativorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic marine bacterium belonging to the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from estuarine sediment of the South Sea, Korea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2006) 56:727-732.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.64073-0]
[PMID:16585684]