Corticicoccus Li, Wang, Xue, Chang, Guo, and Yang 2017
- Dataset
- Corticicoccus populi gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Staphylococcaceae, isolated from symptomatic bark of Populus × euramericana canker
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- Li, Yong, Wang, Sheng-kun, Xue, Han, Chang, Ju-pu, Guo, Li-min, Yang, Xu-qi (2017): Corticicoccus populi gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Staphylococcaceae, isolated from symptomatic bark of Populus × euramericana canker. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 67 (4): 789-794, DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001602, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001602
Classification
- kingdom
- Bacteria
- phylum
- Firmicutes
- class
- Bacilli
- order
- Bacillales
- family
- Staphylococcaceae
- genus
- Corticicoccus
description
Cells are Gram-stain positive, aerobic, non-motile and coccoid. Colonies are milk-white, circular, opaque and convex with entire margins on TSA (pH 7). The optimal pH for growth is pH 7.0 – 8.0 and no growth is observed at pH 5. Positive for oxidase, catalase and b- glucosidase activities. Nitrate is not reduced to nitrite. The main menaquinone is MK- 7. The peptidoglycan type is A 3 a based on L- Lys-Gly 3 -? Ala. The polar lipid profile contains diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, two unidentified phospholipids and three unidentified glycolipids. The major fatty acids are anteiso-C 15: 0, iso-C 15: 0, iso-C 17: 0 and anteiso-C 17: 0. The DNA G + C content is 38.2 mol %. The type species is Corticicoccus populi.
etymology
Corticicoccus [Cor. ti. ci. coc′ cus. L. n. cortex bark; N. L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos grain, seed), coccus; N. L. masc. n. Corticicoccus a coccoid from bark].