Arenibacillus Kim, Kanjanasuntree, Kim, Lee, Sukhoom, Kantachote, and Kim 2019
- Dataset
- Arenibacillus arenosus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from sea sand
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- Kim, Jong-Hwa, Kanjanasuntree, Rungravee, Kim, Dae-Hoon, Lee, Jung-Sook, Sukhoom, Ampaitip, Kantachote, Duangporn, Kim, Wonyong (2019): Arenibacillus arenosus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from sea sand. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 69 (1): 153-158, DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003121, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003121
Classification
- kingdom
- Bacteria
- phylum
- Proteobacteria
- class
- Alphaproteobacteria
- order
- Rhodobacterales
- family
- Rhodobacteraceae
- genus
- Arenibacillus
description
Cells are aerobic, short rods which do not form spores. Catalase and oxidase are positive. The Gram reaction is negative. An intracytoplasmic membrane system is absent. Anaerobic photoautotrophic and photoheterotrophic growth are not observed. The major fatty acid is C 18: 1 Ɯ 7 c. Phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine and an unidentified aminolipid are predominant polar lipids and Q- 10 is the respiratory quinone. The type species is Arenibacillus arenosus.
type_taxon
Arenibacillus gen. nov. (A. re. ni. ba. cil′ lus. L. fem. n. arena sand; L. masc. n. bacillus small rod; N. L. masc. n. Arenibacillus a rod isolated from sandy soil).