Microlunatus antarcticus

Microlunatus antarcticus is an LL-diaminopimelic acid-containing actinomycete.[1] It is gram-positive, aerobic and slowly growing.

Microlunatus antarcticus
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Propionibacteriales
Family: Propionibacteriaceae
Genus: Microlunatus
Species:
M. antarcticus
Binomial name
Microlunatus antarcticus
(Schumann et al. 1997)[1] Nouioui et al. 2018
Type strain
AA-1042
DSM 11053
Synonyms[2]
  • Friedmanniella antarctica Schumann et al. 1997

References
  1. Schumann, P.; Prauser, H.; Rainey, F. A.; Stackebrandt, E.; Hirsch, P. (1997). "Friedmanniella antarctica gen. nov., sp. nov., an LL-Diaminopimelic Acid-Containing Actinomycete from Antarctic Sandstone". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47 (2): 278–283. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-278. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103610.
  2. Nouioui I, Carro L, García-López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Göker M. (2018). "Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria". Front. Microbiol. 9: 2007. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.02007. PMC 6113628. PMID 30186281.

Further reading
  • Whitman, William B., et al., eds. Bergey's manual® of systematic bacteriology. Vol. 5. Springer, 2012.
  • Dworkin, Martin, and Stanley Falkow, eds. The Prokaryotes: Vol. 3: Archaea. Bacteria: Firmicutes, Actinomycetes. Vol. 3. Springer Verlag, 2006.


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