Formosimonas Chen et al. 2017
General information
Name
Formosimonas
Valid publication
2017
Nomenclature type
Formosimonas limnophila
Etymology
N.L. fem. n. <i>Formosa</i>, the island of Taiwan; L. fem. n. <i>monas</i>, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. <i>Formosimonas</i> a monad from Formosa, Taiwan.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are Gram-staining-negative, aerobic, non-spore-forming, non-motile rods. Oxidase and catalase are positive. The predominant quinone is Q-8. Major cellular fatty acids (>10%) are summed feature 3 (comprising C16:1 ω7c and/or C16:1 ω6c) and C16:0. Phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, two uncharacterized aminophospholipids and three uncharacterized lipids are present in the polar lipid profile. The major polyamine is cadaverine. The DNA G+C content of the type species is 50.4 mol%.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
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M022503010205001 | Formosimonas limnophila | Species | 1384487 |
References
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Chen, W.-M., Xie, P.-B., Young, C.-C., and Sheu, S.-Y. Formosimonas limnophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Burkholderiaceae isolated from a freshwater lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2017) 67:17-24.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.001561]
[PMID:27902193]