Boudabousia Nouioui et al. 2018
General information
Name
Boudabousia
Valid publication
2018
Effective publication
2018
Nomenclature type
Boudabousia marimammalium
Etymology
N.L. fem. n. <i>Boudabousia</i>, named after Abdellatif Boudabous Chihi, the first microbiologist in Tunisia, for his contributions to prokaryotic systematics.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Facultatively anaerobic, Gram-stain-positive, non-acid-fast, non-motile, catalase-negative, non-hemolytic organisms which form straight to slightly curved rods, some show branching. Colonies are gray, entire, convex, and pinpoint to 0.5 mm in diameter after 48 h. The major fatty acids are C16:0, C18:0, and C18:1 cis9. The genomic G+C content is about 54%.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M020202020109001 | Boudabousia marimammalium | Species |
References
1
Hoyles, L., Pascual, C., Falsen, E., Foster, G., Grainger, J.M., and Collins, M.D. Actinomyces marimammalium sp. nov., from marine mammals. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2001) 51:151-156[DOI:10.1099/00207713-51-1-151]
[PMID:11211252]
2
Nouioui I, Carro L, García-López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Göker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front. Microbiol. (2018) 9:2007.[DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2018.02007]
[PMID:30186281]
3
Validation List No. 184. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2018) 68:3379-3393.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.003071]