Aestuariimicrobium

Abstract

A.es.tu.a.ri.i.mi.cro'bi.u.m. L. n. aesturarium part of the sea coast which, during the flood‐tide, is overflowed, but at the ebb‐tide is left covered with mud or slime, a tidal flat; N.L. neut. n. microbium microbe; N.L. neut. n. Aestuariimicrobium a microbe isolated from a tidal flat. Actinobacteria / Actinobacteria / Propionibacteriales / Propionibacteriaceae / Aestuariimicrobium Short to coccoid nonsporeforming rods . Cells are nonflagellated and stain Gram‐positive . Aerobic . Growth occurs between 4–40°C with 30 ° C as the optimal temperature . The optimal pH range for growth is 7.5–8.5. Colonies are pigmented yellow. Nitrate is reduced to nitrite. Catalase‐positive . The major menaquinone is MK‐9 ( H 4 ) and the predominant fatty acid is C 15 : 0 antesio. DNA G + C content ( mol %): 68.8–69.2. Type species : Aestuariimicrobium kwangyangense Jung, Kim, Song, Lee, Oh and Yoon 2007, 2117 VP .