Caenimicrobium Felföldi et al. 2017
General information
Name
Caenimicrobium
Valid publication
2017
Nomenclature type
Caenimicrobium hargitense
Etymology
L. neut. n. <i>caenum</i> mud, referring to the isolation of the type strain from activated sludge, N.L. neut. n. <i>microbium</i>, microbe (from Gr. adj. <i>mikros</i> small and Gr. n. <i>bios</i> life); N.L. neut. n. <i>Caenimicrobium</i>, mud (-inhabiting) microbe.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are Gram-stain-negative, non-motile, short rods. Colonies on nutrient medium are beige-coloured. Aerobic and mesophilic. Oxidase- and catalase-positive. The major respiratory quinone is Q-8. Major cellular fatty acids are C16:1 ω7c, C16:0, cyclo C17:0 and C18:1 ω7c. Polar lipids are dominated by phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol and an unknown phospholipid. Cell wall contains trace amounts of meso-diaminopimelic acid.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
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M022503010109001 | Caenimicrobium hargitense | Species | 1549637 |
References
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Felföldi, T., Schumann, P., Mentes, A., Keki, Z., Mathe, I., and Toth, E.M. Caenimicrobium hargitense gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Alcaligenaceae (Betaproteobacteria) isolated from activated sludge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2017) 67:627-632.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.001674]
[PMID:27902326]