Piscinibacterium Sheu et al. 2016
General information
Name
Piscinibacterium
Valid publication
2016
Nomenclature type
Piscinibacterium candidicorallinum
Etymology
L. fem. n. <i>piscina</i> a pond; N.L. neut. n. <i>bacterium</i>, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. <i>Piscinibacterium</i>, a rod from a pond.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are Gram-staining-negative, aerobic, non-spore-forming, motile by means of a single polar flagellum and rod-shaped. 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), C16:0 and C18:1 ω7c. Phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, two uncharacterized aminophospholipids, four uncharacterized lipids, an uncharacterized glycolipid and an uncharacterized aminolipid are present in the polar lipid profile. The major polyamines are 2-hydroxyputrescine and putrescine. The DNA G+C content of the type species is 63.8 mol%.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
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M022503010010001 | Piscinibacterium candidicorallinum | Species | 1793872 |
References
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Sheu, S.-Y., Li, Y.-S., Chen, W.-M. Piscinibacterium candidicorallinum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the order Burkholderiales isolated from a fish pond. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2016) 66:5260-5267.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.001505]
[PMID:27665758]