Pseudocaedibacter Quackenbush 1982
General information
Name
Pseudocaedibacter
Valid publication
1982
Nomenclature type
Pseudocaedibacter conjugatus
Etymology
Gr. adj. <i>pseudês</i>, false; N.L. masc. n. <i>Caedibacter</i>, genus of endosymbionts that include organisms commonly known as kappa; N.L. masc. n. <i>Pseudocaedibacter</i>, false Caedibacter, false kappa particles.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Gram-negative, non-motile rods 0.25 to 0.7 μm wide and 0.5 to 4.0 μm long. May or may not confer a killer trait upon their host paramecia. Do not produce R body-containing cells. Obligate cytoplasmic endosymbionts of Paramecium primaurelia, P. biaurelia, P. tetraurelia, P. pentaurelia and P. octaurelia. The G+C content of the DNA ranges from 35 to 39 mol%.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M022502130002001 | Pseudocaedibacter conjugatus | Species | |
M022502130002002 | Pseudocaedibacter falsus | Species | |
M022502130002003 | Pseudocaedibacter minutus | Species |
References
1
Quackenbush, R.L. Genetic relationships among bacterial endosymbionts of Paramecium aurelia. Deoxyribonucleotide sequence relationships among members of Caedibacter. J. Gen. Microbiol. (1978) 108:181-187.[DOI:10.1099/00221287-108-2-181]
2
Validation List No. 8. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1982) 32:266-268.[DOI:10.1099/00207713-32-2-266]