Gelidibacter algens Bowman et al. 1997
General information
Name
Gelidibacter algens
Valid publication
1997
Nomenclature type
ACAM 536;ATCC 700364
;CECT 5320;DSM 12408
;LMG 22707
Etymology
L. part. adj. <i>algens</i> (from L. v. algeo, to be cold, feel cold), feeling cold, referring to the low temperature of the typical habitats of this species.
Ecology
Source
isolated from a sea ice core collected from Ellis Fjord, Vestfold Hills, Antarctica.
Morphology
Cells are rod-shaped or filamentous with rounded ends, 0.4-0.6 × 1-15 µm. Cells occur singly, in pairs, and occasionally in chains. Spores and resting cells are not present. Gas vesicles and helical or ring-shaped cells are not formed. Motile by gliding. Colonies are yellow due to production of carotenoids. Colonies have spreading edges and a mucoid and sticky consistency, are 2 to 3 mm in diameter after 7 to 10 days of incubation, and are yellow pigmented.
Morphology standardized
cell shape | length | width |
---|---|---|
rod; spiral; filament | 1-15 | 0.4-0.6 |
Physiology
Nutrition type
chemoheterotroph
Oxygen requirement
obligately aerobic
GC
GC_content |
---|
36 |
Gram
staining |
---|
negative |
Growth temperature
range |
---|
4.0-25.0 |
C/N source
positive results | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L-arabinose | D-glucose | D-mannose | gelatin | casein | peptone | L-glutamate | L-proline | glycogen | glutamate |
negative results | |||
---|---|---|---|
tyrosine | L-tyrosine | xanthine | chitin |
Biochemistry
Fattyacids
Name | Account |
---|---|
iso-C16:0 and/or anteiso-C16:0 | 10.3 |
anteiso-C15:1 ω10c | 15.9 |
iso-C15:1 ω10c | 11.4 |
anteiso-C15:0 | 17.7 |
iso-C15:0 | 8.8 |
Nitrate rdc
-
Quinones
MK-6
Enzymology
Enzyme | Activity |
---|---|
catalase | + |
oxidase | - |
urease | - |
β-galactosidase | - |
Taxonomy marker
Genomics
Submitter date: 2016/07/03 00:00 Update date: 2016/08/18 00:00
Source
University of Tasmania
Coverage
35
Assembly status
Contig
Assembly class
haploid
Strain List
References
1
Bowman, J.P., McCammon, S.A., Brown, J.L., Nichols, P.D., and McMeekin, T.A. Psychroserpens burtonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., and Gelidibacter algens gen. nov., sp. nov., psychrophilic bacteria isolated from antarctic lacustrine and sea ice habitats. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1997) 47:670-677.[DOI:10.1099/00207713-47-3-670]
[PMID:9226898]