Serpentinicella Mei et al. 2016
General information
Name
Serpentinicella
Valid publication
2016
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Firmicutes.
Clostridia.
Clostridiales.
Clostridiaceae.
Serpentinicella
Nomenclature type
Serpentinicella alkaliphila
Etymology
N.L. neut. n. <i>serpentinum</i>, serpentine; L. fem. n. <i>cella</i>, a cell; N.L. fem. n. <i>Serpentinicella</i>, a cell from serpentine.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Gram-stain-positive, spore-forming, alkaliphilic, mesophilic rods. Obligate anaerobes using organic acids, but not sugars. The G+C content of the genomic DNA is around 33.2 mol%.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M021702010435001 | Serpentinicella alkaliphila | Species | 1734049 |
References
1
Mei, N., Postec, A., Erauso, G., Joseph, M., Pelletier, B., Payri, C., Ollivier, B., and Quemeneur, M. Serpentinicella alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alkaliphilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from the serpentinite-hosted Prony hydrothermal field, New Caledonia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2016) 66:4464-4470.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.001375]
[PMID:27499124]