Croceitalea eckloniae Lee et al. 2008
General information
Name
Croceitalea eckloniae
Valid publication
2008
Nomenclature type
DOKDO 025;JCM 13827
;KCCM 42309
Etymology
N.L. fem. n. <i>Ecklonia</i>, scientific genus name of a marine alga; N.L. gen. n. <i>eckloniae</i>, of <i>Ecklonia</i>, referring to the isolation of the type strain from <i>Ecklonia</i> <i>kurome</i>.
Ecology
Source
isolated from the rhizosphere of the marine alga Ecklonia kurome, collected on Dokdo Island, Korea.
Morphology
Cells are non-motile rods (0.3-0.5 × 1.0-2.8 µm, longer and shorter cells also occur) devoid of appendages. Colonies are yellow-orange-coloured, circular and 0.5-1.0 mm in diameter after 6 days incubation on MA at 25°C.
Morphology standardized
cell shape | length | width |
---|---|---|
rod | 1.0-2.8 | 0.3-0.5 |
motility |
---|
+ |
Physiology
GC
GC_content |
---|
59.5 |
Gram
staining |
---|
negative |
Growth temperature
range |
---|
10.0-34.0 |
Halophily
optimum |
---|
2% |
range |
---|
0.5-7.0% |
0.4-5.4% |
C/N source
positive results | ||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gelatin | melibiose | sucrose | cellobiose | salicine | maltose | ribose | galactose | aesculin | glucose | trehalose | mannose | glycogen | n-acetyl-glucosamine | fructose | mannitol | amygdalin |
negative results | ||
---|---|---|
urea | starch | casein |
Biochemistry
Fattyacids
Name | Account |
---|---|
ECL 13.565 | 15.8 |
C15:0 | 5.6 |
C14:0 3-OH and/or iso-C16:1 | 6.1 |
iso-C15:1 G | 31.2 |
iso-C15:0 | 19.1 |
H2s pdu
-
Indole pdu
-
Nitrate rdc
-
Quinones
MK-6
Vp test
+
Enzymology
Enzyme | Activity |
---|---|
catalase | + |
oxidase | - |
Taxonomy marker
References
1
Lee, H.-S., Kwon, K.K., Yang, S.-H., Bae, S.S., Park, C.H., Kim, S.-J., and Lee, J.-H. Description of Croceitalea gen. nov. in the family Flavobacteriaceae with two species, Croceitalea eckloniae sp. nov. and Croceitalea dokdonensis sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of the marine alga Ecklonia kurome. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2008) 58:2505-2510.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.65697-0]
[PMID:18984684]