Maledivibacter Li et al. 2016
General information
Name
Maledivibacter
Valid publication
2016
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Firmicutes.
Clostridia.
Clostridiales.
Clostridiaceae.
Maledivibacter
Nomenclature type
Maledivibacter halophilus
Etymology
N.L. masc. n. <i>bacter</i> a rod: N.L. masc. n. <i>Maledivibacter</i>, a rod from the Maldive Islands.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are rod-shaped, motile and Gram-stain positive; spherical spores are formed. Preferential growth on sugars; strictly anaerobic chemoorganotroph. Betaine is as oxidant in the Stickland reaction reductively cleaved to trimethylamine and acetate with hydrogen, glycine, L-alanine, L-leucine, L-isoleucine, L-valine, L-phenylalanine or L-histidine. Produce propionate from threonine and grow on pyruvate. Hydrogen sulfide, indole and ammonia are formed. Catalase and oxidase are negative. Resistant to chloramphenicol. Growth requires addition of complex nutrients; obligately halophilic. The DNA G+C content is 26.9 mol%.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M021702010426001 | Maledivibacter halophilus | Species | 36842 |
References
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Li, G., Zeng, X., Liu, X., Zhang, X., and Shao, Z. Wukongibacter baidiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium isolated from hydrothermal sulfides, and proposal for the reclassification of the closely related Clostridium halophilum and Clostridium caminithermale within Maledivibacter gen. nov. and Paramaledivibacter gen. nov., respectively. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2016) 66:4355-4361.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.001355]
[PMID:27473553]