Uchino, Hirata, Yokota and Sugiyama §, 1VP (Effective publication: Uchino, Hirata, Yokota and Sugiyama ¶, 208)
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Ruegeria
Proteobacteria
Alphaproteobacteria
Rhodobacterales
Published Online: 14 SEP 2015
DOI: 10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00870
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Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria
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The Editorial Board 2015. Ruegeria. Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. 1–2.
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Abstract
Rue.ger' ia. M.L. -ia ending; M.L. fem. n. Ruegeria honoring Rueger, a German microbiologist, for his contribution to the taxonomy of marine species of Agrobacterium.
Proteobacteria / Alphaproteobacteria / Rhodobacterales / Rhodobacteraceae / Ruegeria
Gram-negative, ovoid to rod-shaped cells, 0.6–1.6 × 1.0–4.0 µm. Motile by polar flagella, or nonmotile. Do not form spores. Aerobic. Oxidase and catalase positive. No photosynthetic growth. Bacteriochlorophyll a is absent. Major quinone is ubiquinone 10.
The mol% G + C of the DNA is: 55–59.
Type species: Ruegeria atlantica (Rüger and Höfle 1992) Uchino, Hirata, Yokota and Sugiyama 1999, 1 (Effective publication: Uchino, Hirata, Yokota and Sugiyama 1998, 208) (Agrobacterium atlanticum Rüger and Höfle 1992, 141.)
Keywords:
- Ruegeria;
- Ruegeria atlantica;
- Rhodobacteraceae fam. nov.
