Fulvimonas Mergaert et al. 2002
General information
Name
Fulvimonas
Valid publication
2002
Nomenclature type
Fulvimonas soli
Etymology
L. adj. <i>fulvus</i>, deep-yellow; L. fem. n. <i>monas</i>, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. <i>Fulvimonas</i>, deep-yellow monad.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Gram-negative, single rods each about 0.5 × 2 µm and motile by a single polar flagellum, without spores or capsules. Aerobic, chemoorganotrophic. Grows on acetylated starch, starch, maltose and D-glucose, but assimilates few other substrates. Does not ferment sugars. Oxidase-positiveand catalase-positive. Mesophilic. The cells contain almost exclusively branched fatty acids, with 15:0 iso, 17:1 ω9c iso and 17:0 iso as the main constituents.
Emendation
Emendation 1
1: Catalase-variable. Genomic DNA G+C contents are between 71.5 and 73.0 mol%.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M022506190106001 | Fulvimonas soli | Species | 155197 |
M022506190106002 | Fulvimonas yonginensis | Species | 1495200 |
References
1
Mergaert, J., Cnockaert, M.C., and Swings, J. Fulvimonas soli gen. nov., sp. nov., a gamma-proteobacterium isolated from soil after enrichment on acetylated starch plastic. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2002) 52:1285-1289.[DOI:10.1099/00207713-52-4-1285]
[PMID:12148641]
2
Ahn, J.-H., Kim, S.-J., Weon, H.-Y., Hong, S.-B., Seok, S.-J., and Kwon, S.-W. Fulvimonas yonginensis sp. nov., isolated from greenhouse soil, and emended description of the genus Fulvimonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2014) 64:2758-2762.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.064642-0]
[PMID:24860108]