Antarcticibacterium Li et al. 2018
General information
Name
Antarcticibacterium
Valid publication
2018
Nomenclature type
Antarcticibacterium flavum
Etymology
L. adj. <i>antarcticus</i> southern, Antarctic; L. neut. n. <i>bacterium</i> a small rod; N.L. neut. n. <i>Antarcticibacterium</i> an Antarctic rod, a bacterium isolated from the Antarctic.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-gliding, oval to rod-shaped. Catalase- and oxidase-positive. Nitrate reduction is positive. Flexirubin-type pigments are absent. The major fatty acids are iso-C15:0, summed feature 3, anteiso-C15:0, iso-C15:1 G and summed feature 9. The major polar lipids are phosphatidylethanolamine, seven unidentified lipids, two unidentified aminolipids and an unidentified aminophospholipid. The only ubiquinone is menaquinone-6.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M02050401041Z001 | Antarcticibacterium flavum | Species | 2058175 |
References
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Li, A.-Z., Lin, L.-Z., Zhang, M.-X., and Zhu, H.-H. Antarcticibacterium flavum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2018) 68:254-259.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.002489]
[PMID:29205128]