Ichthyobacterium Takano et al. 2016
General information
Name
Ichthyobacterium
Valid publication
2016
Nomenclature type
Ichthyobacterium seriolicida
Etymology
Gr. n. <i>ichthys</i>, fish; L. neut. n. <i>bacterium</i>, rod or staff; N.L. neut. n. <i>Ichthyobacterium</i>, fish bacterium, because the organism was first isolated from a fish.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-pigmented, long, curved rods that occur as single cells. Cells show gliding motility but have no pili or flagella and do not form spores. The major isoprenoid quinone is MK-6. The DNA G+C content of the type species is 33.4 mol%. The major cellular fatty acids are C14:0 and iso-C15:0.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
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M020504010501001 | Ichthyobacterium seriolicida | Species | 242600 |
References
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Takano, T., Matsuyama, T., Sakai, T., Nakamura, Y., Kamaishi, T., Nakayasu, C., Kondo, H., Hirono, I., Fukuda, Y., Sorimachi, M., and Iida, T. Ichthyobacterium seriolicida gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum 'Bacteroidetes', isolated from yellowtail fish (Seriola quinqueradiata) affected by bacterial haemolytic jaundice, and proposal of a new family, Ichthyobacteriaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2016) 66:580-586.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.000757]
[PMID:26554606]