Verticiella Vandamme 2016
General information
Name
Verticiella
Valid publication
2016
Nomenclature type
Verticiella sediminum
Etymology
L. n. <i>vertex</i>, whirlpool, vortex; N.L. fem. n. <i>Verticia</i>, named after the South Pacific Gyre where the first isolate of this genus was isolated.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Members of this genus are Gram-stain-negative, facultatively anaerobic, motile rods. The dominant fatty acids are C16:0 and C17:0 cyclo. The major polar lipids are PE, phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine, DPG, three unknown phospholipids and four unknown polar lipids. The DNA G+C content is approximately 66.5 mol%. The single known strain was isolated from deep-sea sediment of the South Pacific Gyre. Previous illegitimate homotypic synonym: Verticia Vandamme et al. 2015.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
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M022503010125001 | Verticiella sediminum | Species | 1247510 |
References
1
Vandamme, P.A., Peeters, C., Cnockaert, M., Inganas, E., Falsen, E., Moore, E.R.B., Nunes, O.C., Manaia, C.M., Spilker, T., and LiPuma, J.J. Bordetella bronchialis sp. nov., Bordetella flabilis sp. nov. and Bordetella sputigena sp. nov., isolated from human respiratory specimens, and reclassification of Achromobacter sediminum Zhang et al. 2014 as Verticia sediminum gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2015) 65:3674-3682.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.000473]
[PMID:26220296]
2
Vandamme, P.A. Proposal of Verticiella gen. nov. as replacement for the illegitimate prokaryotic genus name Verticia Vandamme 2015. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2016) 66:5099-5100.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.001477]
[PMID:27599730]