Aurantimonadaceae
The Aurantimonadaceae are a small family of marine bacteria.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
Family: | Aurantimonadaceae Hördt et al. 2020[1] |
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Notable Species
Aurantimonas coralicida causes a white plague in corals.[3]
Fulvimarina pelagi was isolated from seawater, and takes the form of nonmotile rods.[4] Fulvimarina pelagi is an obligate aerobe, and obtains its nourishment chemoheterotrophically. It tests positive for oxidase and catalase, and contains carotenoid pigments, possibly to protect against solar radiation.
Etymology
The name Aurantimonas derives from: Neo-Latin aurantus, orange-coloured; Greek monas (μονάς), a unit; to mean an orange-coloured unicellular organism.[5]
Members of the genus Aurantimonas can be referred to as aurantimonads (viz. trivialisation of names).
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN).[2] The phylogeny is based on whole-genome analysis.[1]
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References
- Hördt A, García López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow A, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Göker M (2020). "Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria". Front. Microbiol. 11: 468. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468. PMC 7179689. PMID 32373076.
- Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Aurantimonadaceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 15, 2021.
- Denner; et al. (2003). "Aurantimonas coralicida gen. nov., sp. nov., the causative agent of white plague type II on Caribbean scleractinian corals". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53 (4): 1115–1122. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02359-0. PMID 12892136.
- Cho; Giovannoni (2003). "Fulvimarina pelagi gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium that forms a deep evolutionary lineage of descent in the order 'Rhizobiales'". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53 (6): 1853–1859. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02644-0. PMID 14657114.
- Aurantimonas entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.