Crassaminicella Lakhal et al. 2015
General information
Name
Crassaminicella
Valid publication
2015
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Firmicutes.
Clostridia.
Clostridiales.
Clostridiaceae.
Crassaminicella
Nomenclature type
Crassaminicella profunda
Etymology
L.n <i>crassamen</i> -<i>inis</i>, sediment; L. fem. n. <i>cella</i>, a storeroom, chamber and, in biology, a cell; N.L. fem. n. <i>Crassaminicella</i>, a cell isolated from sediments.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Gram-stain-positive, motile, straight or curved rods occurring singly forming terminal endospores. Mesophilic, neutrophilic and slightly halophilic. Anaerobic and heterotrophic, fermenting carbohydrates and proteinaceous substrates. The end products from glucose fermentation are acetate, butyrate and ethanol with H2 and CO2. The genus is included phylogenetically in cluster XI of the order Clostridiales.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M021702010415001 | Crassaminicella profunda | Species | 1286698 |
References
1
Lakhal, R., Pradel, N., Postec, A., Ollivier, B., Cayol, J.L., Godfroy, A., Fardeau, M.-L., and Gales, G. Crassaminicella profunda gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic marine bacterium isolated from deep-sea sediments. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2015) 65:3097-3102.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.000386]
[PMID:26296351]