Ampullimonas França et al. 2016
General information
Name
Ampullimonas
Valid publication
2016
Nomenclature type
Ampullimonas aquatilis
Etymology
L. n. <i>ampulla</i>, flask, bottle; L. fem. n. <i>monas</i>, unit; N.L. fem. n. <i>Ampullimonas</i>, a unit from a bottle of water.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Forms rod-shaped, Gram-stain-negative cells that do not form endospores. Organotrophic and strictly aerobic; oxidase-positive and catalase-negative. Able to fix N2 under microaerobic conditions. Capable of chemolithoheterotrophic growth with molecular hydrogen. The polar lipid profile is composed of phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylethanolamine; the major fatty acids are primarily straight chain saturated and monounsaturated components; ubiquinone 8 (U-8) is the major respiratory lipoquinone.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M022503010104001 | Ampullimonas aquatilis | Species | 1341549 |
References
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França, L., Albuquerque, L., Sánchez, C., Fareleira, P., and da Costa, M.S. Ampullimonas aquatilis gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from bottled mineral water. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2016) 66:1459-1465.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.000903]
[PMID:26782963]