MANGROVIVIRGACEAE, Sefrji & Michoud & Marasco & Merlino & Daffonchio, 2021

Sefrji, Fatmah O., Michoud, Grégoire, Marasco, Ramona, Merlino, Giuseppe & Daffonchio, Daniele, 2021, MaNgROVIVIRga CUNICULI gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from bioturbated Red Sea mangrove sediment, and proposal of the novel family MaNgROVIVIRgaCeae fam. nov., International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (004866) 71 (7), pp. 1-11 : 9

DESCRIPTION OF MANGROVIVIRGACEAE FAM. NOV.

Mangrovivirgaceae (Man.gro.vi.vir′ ga’ce.ae, N.L. fem. n. Mangrovivirga type genus of the family; -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Mangrovivirgaceae , the family of the genus Mangrovivirga ).

On the basis of 16S rRNA gene and genome sequence analyses, the species is a member of the order Cytophagales in the phylum Bacteroidetes. The description is the same as that for the genus Mangrovivirga , which is the type and currently sole genus of the family.