Poseidonibacter Pérez-Cataluña et al. 2019
General information
Name
Poseidonibacter
Valid publication
2018
Effective publication
2018
Nomenclature type
Poseidonibacter lekithochrous
Etymology
Gr. n. <i>Poseidon</i>, God of the sea; Gr. n. <i>bacter</i>, rod; N.L. masc. n. <i>Poseidonibacter</i> referring to the marine habitat of this bacteria.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Gram-negative, cells are rod shaped and motile. Oxidase and catalase positive. Halophilic, no growth can be obtained without seawater or the addition of combined marine salts to the medium. Growth occurs at 15°C-25°C, but not at 37°C or 42°C. Range of pH for growth is 6-8. Carbohydrates are not fermented. Reduce nitrate to nitrite. Negative for the hydrolysis of indoxyl acetate and urea. Growth occurs in the presence of safranin (0.05% wt/vol), and 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (0.04%, wt/vol), but not in the presence of glycine (1% wt/vol) sensitive to cefoperazone (30 μg). Possess ubiquinone MK-6 as a respiratory quinone. DNA G+C content is 28.7 mol%. The type species is Poseidonibacter lekithochrous.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M022505010106001 | Poseidonibacter lekithochrous | Species | 1904463 |
References
1
Pérez-Cataluña, A., Salas-Massó, N., Diéguez, A.L., Balboa, S., Lema, A., Romalde, J.L., and Figueras, M.J. Revisiting the taxonomy of the genus Arcobacter: Getting order from the chaos. Front. Microbiol. (2018) 9:2077.[DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2018.02077]
[PMID:30233547]
[PMCID:PMC6131481]
2
Validation List No. 185. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2019) 69:5-9.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.003174]