Moritella
| Moritella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Alteromonadales |
| Family: | Moritellaceae |
| Genus: | Moritella Urakawa et al. 1999 |
| Species | |
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M. abyssi | |
Moritella is a genus of gram-negative, rod-shaped, motile, marine bacteria in the family Moritellaceae.[1][2][3] Members of the genus are psychrophilic or psychotolerant and are adapted to growth in cold marine environments, including deep-sea habitats and polar waters. Several species are piezophilic, growing optimally under elevated hydrostatic pressure, while others are associated with marine animals, including fish.[3][4]
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus was established in 1998 following phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences, which showed that the previously described Vibrio marinus formed a distinct lineage separate from Vibrio. The genus is named in honor of Japanese microbiologist Ryōsuke Morita for his contributions to marine microbiology.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Genus: Moritella". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Retrieved 2026-07-02.
- 1 2 Urakawa, Hidetoshi; Kita-Tsukamoto, Kumiko; Steven, Sue E; Ohwada, Kouichi; Colwell, Rita R (1998-08-01). "A proposal to transfer Vibrio marinus (Russell 1891) to a new genus Moritella gen. nov. as Moritella marina comb. nov". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 165 (2): 373–378. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb13173.x. ISSN 0378-1097.
- 1 2 Xu, Ying; Nogi, Yuichi; Kato, Chiaki; Liang, Ziyuan; Rüger, Hans-Jürgen; De Kegel, Daniel; Glansdorff, Nicolas (2003). "Moritella profunda sp. nov. and Moritella abyssi sp. nov., two psychropiezophilic organisms isolated from deep Atlantic sediments". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53 (Pt 2): 533–538. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02228-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 12710623.
- ↑ Lunder, T.; Sørum, H.; Holstad, G.; Steigerwalt, A. G.; Mowinckel, P.; Brenner, D. J. (2000). "Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Vibrio viscosus sp. nov. and Vibrio wodanis sp. nov. isolated from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) with 'winter ulcer'". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 50 Pt 2 (2): 427–450. Bibcode:2000IJSEM..50..427L. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-2-427. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 10758846.
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