Enhydrobacter Staley et al. 1987
General information
Name
Enhydrobacter
Valid publication
1987
Nomenclature type
Enhydrobacter aerosaccus
Etymology
Gr. adj. <i>enudros</i> (Latin transliteration <i>enhydros</i>) living in or by water, aquatic N.L. masc. n. <i>bacter</i>, a rod; N.L. masc. n. <i>Enhydrobacter</i>, aquatic rod.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Coccobacillary to rod-shaped cell (0.5 to 0.7 µm in diameter by 1.0 to 5.0 µm in length). Single cells, pairs, and short chains occur. No resting stages known. Gram negative. Facultatively anaerobic. Sugars fermented and organic acids metabolized aerobically. Growth occurs on mineral medium with D-glucose as the sole carbon source and ammonia as the sole nitrogen source (vitamins are required by the type strain). Catalase positive. Oxidase positive. DNA base composition of a single isolate is 66 mol% G+C (Bd).
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
MSG084147 | 'Enhydrobacter sp.' | Species | |
M022502110002001 | Enhydrobacter aerosaccus | Species | 225324 |
References
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Staley, J.T., Irgens, R.L., and Brenner, D.J. Enhydrobacter aerosaccus gen. nov., sp. nov., a gas-vacuolated, facultatively anaerobic, heterotrophic rod. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1987) 37:289-291.[DOI:10.1099/00207713-37-3-289]