Velaminicoccus archaeovorus gen. nov. sp. nov.
Submitted by Palmer, Marike
Genus Velaminicoccus
- Etymology
- [Ve.la.mi.ni.coc'cus] L. neut. n. velamen, covering; Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed, berry, coccus; N.L. masc. n. Velaminicoccus, a coccus with a covering
- Nomenclatural type
- Species Velaminicoccus archaeovorusTs
- Description
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Members of the genus “Ca. Velamenicoccus” are obligately anaerobic, chemoheterotrophic bacteria. The only representative so far is the species “Ca. Velamenicoccus archaeovorus,” a predatory bacterium. The genus “Ca. Velamenicoccus” belongs to a lineage within the candidate division OP3 or phylum “Candidatus Omnitrophica.”
- Classification
- Bacteria » Omnitrophota » “Velamenicoccia” » “Velamenicoccales” » “Velamenicoccaceae” » Velaminicoccus
- References
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Effective publication:
Kizina et al., 2022 [1]
- Registry URL
- https://seqco.de/i:23772
Species Velaminicoccus archaeovorusTs
- Etymology
- [ar.chae.o.vo'rus] Gr. masc. adj. archaios, ancient; L. v. voro, to eat, to devour; N.L. masc. adj. archaeovorus, archaea (ancient microorganisms) devouring
- Nomenclatural type
- INSDC Nucleotide: CP019384.1 Ts
- Description
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The species is represented by the phylotype and strain LiM and its genome (GenBank number CP019384). The genome of 1.97 Mb has a GC content of 52.9%. OP3 LiM was highly enriched in a limonene-degrading methanogenic enrichment culture. Cells are coccoid. They are ultramicrobacteria 0.2 μm in diameter and occur free living and attached to other microorganisms. The bacterium is maintained in slowly growing Methanosaeta-rich methanogenic enrichment cultures in freshwater medium with low concentrations of limonene as the carbon source at 28°C. It can be visualized by the FISH probe OP3-565.
- Classification
- Bacteria » Omnitrophota » “Velamenicoccia” » “Velamenicoccales” » “Velamenicoccaceae” » Velaminicoccus » Velaminicoccus archaeovorusTs
- References
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Effective publication:
Kizina et al., 2022 [1]
- Registry URL
- https://seqco.de/i:23450
References
- Kizina et al. (2022). Methanosaeta and “ Candidatus Velamenicoccus archaeovorus”. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. DOI:10.1128/aem.02407-21
Register List Certificate of Validation
On behalf of the Committee on the Systematics of Prokaryotes Described from Sequence Data (SeqCode Committee), we hereby certify that the Register List seqco.de/r:pgdylp80 submitted by Palmer, Marike and including 2 new names has been successfully validated.
Date of Priority:
2024-10-04 01:57 UTC
DOI: 10.57973/seqcode.r:pgdylp80
