Mangrovivirga, 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 : 8

DESCRIPTION OF MANGROVIVIRGA GEN. NOV.

Mangrovivirga (Man.gro.vi.vir′ ga. N.L. neut. n. mangrovum a mangrove; L. fem. n. virga rod; N.L. fem. n. Mangrovivirga for a mangrove rod, referring to the isolation of a rod-shaped bacterium from the mangrove environment).

Cells of the species are strictly aerobic, Gram-stain-negative, long-rod-shaped, moderately halophilic, non-spore-forming, non-motile, catalase-positive and oxidase-negative. The major respiratory quinone is MK7 and the major polar lipids are phosphatidylethanolamine, two unknown phospholipids and two unknown lipids. The major cellular fatty acids (>5%) are iso-C 15:0, C 16:1 ω 5 c, iso-C 17:0 and iso-C 17:0 3-OH. The G+C content of the genomic DNA is 63.1mol%. The type species is Mangrovivirga cuniculi .