Alteromonas

Alteromonas is a genus of Proteobacteria[1] found in sea water, either in the open ocean or in the coast. It is gram-negative. Its cells are curved rods with a single polar flagellum.

Etymology

The etymology of the genus is L. adj. alter -tera -terum, another, different; L. fem. n. monas (μονάς / μονάδα), a noun with a special meaning in microbiology used to mean unicellular organism; N.L. fem. n. Alteromonas, another monad.[2]

Members of the genus Alteromonas can be referred to as alteromonads (viz. Trivialisation of names).

Authority

The genus was described by Baumann et al. in 1972,[3] but was emended by Novick and Tyler 1985 to accommodate Alteromonas luteoviolacea (now Pseudoalteromonas luteoviolacea),[4] Gauthier et al. 1995, who split the genus in two (Pseudoalteromonas)[5] and Van Trappen et al. in 2004 to accommodate Alteromonas stellipolaris[6]

Species

The genus contains 8 species (but there are 21 basonyms), namely[2]

Former alteromonads

Many alteromonads, were reclassified as members of Pseudoalteromonas in 1995[5]

Other former alteromonads:

See also

References

  1. Classification of Genera AC entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655.]
  2. 1 2 Alteromonas entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655.]
  3. Baumann, Linda; Baumann, Paul; Mandel, M.; Allen, Richard D (April 1972). "Taxonomy of Aerobic Marine Eubacteria" (PDF). Journal of Bacteriology (Washington, DC: American Society for Microbiology) 110 (1): 402–429. ISSN 1098-5530. OCLC 38751488. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  4. NOVICK (N.J.) and TYLER (M.E.): Isolation and characterization of Alteromonas luteoviolacea strains with sheathed flagella. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1985, 35, 111-113.
  5. 1 2 GAUTHIER (G.), GAUTHIER (M.) and CHRISTEN (R.): Phylogenetic analysis of the genera Alteromonas, Shewanella and Moritella using genes coding for small-subunit rRNA sequences and division of the genus Alteromonas into two genera, Alteromonas (emended) and Pseudoalteromonas gen. nov., and proposal of twelve new species combinations. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 755-761
  6. VAN TRAPPEN (S.), TAN (T.L.), YANG (J.), MERGAERT (J.) and SWINGS (J.): Alteromonas stellipolaris sp. nov., a novel, budding, prosthecate bacterium from Antarctic seas, and emended description of the genus Alteromonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1157-1163.
  7. 1 2 Vandecandelaere, I.; Nercessian, O.; Segaert, E.; Achouak, W.; Mollica, A.; Faimali, M.; De Vos, P.; Vandamme, P. (2008). "Alteromonas genovensis sp. Nov., isolated from a marine electroactive biofilm and emended description of Alteromonas macleodii Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 58 (11): 2589–2596. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65691-0.
  8. 1 2 Chiu, H. -H.; Shieh, W. Y.; Lin, S. Y.; Tseng, C. -M.; Chiang, P. -W.; Wagner-Dobler, I. (2007). "Alteromonas tagae sp. Nov. And Alteromonas simiduii sp. Nov., mercury-resistant bacteria isolated from a Taiwanese estuary". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 57 (6): 1209–1216. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64762-0.
  9. Van Trappen, S.; Tan, T. -L.; Yang, J.; Mergaert, J.; Swings, J. (2004). "Alteromonas stellipolaris sp. nov., a novel, budding, prosthecate bacterium from Antarctic seas, and emended description of the genus Alteromonas". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 54 (4): 1157–1163. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02862-0.
  10. 1 2 Akagawa-Matsushita, M.; Matsuo, M.; Koga, Y.; Yamasato, K. (1992). "Alteromonas atlantica sp. nov. And Alteromonas carrageenovora sp. nov., Bacteria That Decompose Algal Polysaccharides". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 42 (4): 621–627. doi:10.1099/00207713-42-4-621.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Skerman, V. B. D.; McGowan, V.; Sneath, P. H. A. (1980). "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 30: 225–420. doi:10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.
  12. Enger, O.; Nygaard, H.; Solberg, M.; Schei, G.; Nielsen, J.; Dundas, I. (1987). "Characterization of Alteromonas denitrificans sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 37 (4): 416–421. doi:10.1099/00207713-37-4-416.
  13. 1 2 "Validation of the Publication of New Names and New Combinations Previously Effectively Published Outside the IJSB: List No. 55". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 45 (4): 879–880. 1995. doi:10.1099/00207713-45-4-879.
  14. "Validation of the Publication of New Names and New Combinations Previously Effectively Published Outside the IJSB: List No. 61". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 47 (2): 601–602. 1997. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-601.
  15. Gauthier, M. J. (1982). "Validation of the Name Alteromonas luteoviolacea". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 32: 82–86. doi:10.1099/00207713-32-1-82.
  16. Baumann, P.; Baumann, L.; Bowditch, R. D.; Beaman, B. (1984). "Taxonomy of Alteromonas: A. Nigrifaciens sp. Nov., nom. Rev.; A. Macleodii; and A. Haloplanktis". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 34 (2): 145–149. doi:10.1099/00207713-34-2-145.
  17. Simidu, U.; Kita-Tsukamoto, K.; Yasumoto, T.; Yotsu, M. (1990). "Taxonomy of Four Marine Bacterial Strains That Produce Tetrodotoxin". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 40 (4): 331–336. doi:10.1099/00207713-40-4-331. PMID 2275851.
  18. Weiner, R. M.; Coyne, V. E.; Brayton, P.; West, P.; Raiken, S. F. (1988). "Alteromonas colwelliana sp. nov., an Isolate from Oyster Habitats". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 38 (3): 240–244. doi:10.1099/00207713-38-3-240.
  19. Jensen, M. J.; Tebo, B. M.; Baumann, P.; Mandel, M.; Nealson, K. H. (1980). "Characterization ofAlteromonas hanedai (sp. Nov.), a nonfermentative luminous species of marine origin". Current Microbiology 3 (5): 311–315. doi:10.1007/BF02601812.
  20. "Validation of the Publication of New Names and New Combinations Previously Effectively Published Outside the IJSB: List No. 6". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 31 (2): 215–218. 1981. doi:10.1099/00207713-31-2-215.

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