Lacinutrix copepodicola Bowman and Nichols 2005
General information
Name
Lacinutrix copepodicola
Valid publication
2005
Nomenclature type
ACAM 1055;CIP 108538;DJ3
Etymology
N.L. pl. n. <i>copepoda</i>, copepods (small types of crustacea); L. suff. -<i>cola</i> (from L. n. <i>incola</i>), a dweller, inhabitant; N.L. n. <i>copepodicola</i>, the inhabitant of copepods.
Ecology
Source
isolated from the calanoid copepod species Paralabidocera antarctica dwelling in Ace Lake in the Vestfold Hills, an ice-free region of East Antarctica.
Morphology
Cells are non-motile, straight or slightly curved rods (approximately 0.4-0.5 × 1-2 µm). Cell mass is golden-yellow. Do not form resting cells or spores. Colonies are golden-yellow, circular, convex, with an entire edge and a butyrous consistency on MA.
Morphology standardized
cell shape | length | width |
---|---|---|
rod | 1-2 | 0.4-0.5 |
motility |
---|
+ |
Physiology
Nutrition type
chemoheterotroph
Oxygen requirement
obligately aerobic
GC
GC_content |
---|
37 |
Gram
staining |
---|
negative |
Growth temperature
range |
---|
1.0-25.0 |
C/N source
positive results | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
sucrose | maltose | D-glucose | L-proline | glycogen | D-mannose | gelatin | tween 80 | L-tyrosine |
negative results | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
yeast extract | urea | starch | aesculin | casein |
Biochemistry
Fattyacids
Name | Account |
---|---|
iso-C16:0 | 7.1 |
anteiso-C15:1 ω10c | 14.2 |
iso-C15:1 ω10c | 12.0 |
anteiso-C15:0 | 18.2 |
iso-C15:0 | 19.9 |
Nitrate rdc
+
Enzymology
Enzyme | Activity |
---|---|
alkaline phosphatase | + |
arginine dihydrolase | - |
catalase | + |
lecithinase | - |
Taxonomy marker
References
1
Bowman, J.P., and Nichols, D.S. Novel members of the family Flavobacteriaceae from Antarctic maritime habitats including Subsaximicrobium wynnwilliamsii gen. nov., sp. nov., Subsaximicrobium saxinquilinus sp. nov., Subsaxibacter broadyi gen. nov., sp. nov., Lacinutrix copepodicola gen. nov., sp. nov., and novel species of the genera Bizionia, Gelidibacter and Gillisia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2005) 55:1471-1486.[DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.63527-0]
[PMID:16014468]