Jeotgalicoccus

Jeotgalicoccus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Firmicutes
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Staphylococcaceae
Genus: Jeotgalicoccus
Yoon et al. 2003
Species[1]

J. aerolatus Martin et al. 2011
J. coquinae Martin et al. 2011
J. halophilus Liu et al. 2011
J. halotolerans Yoon et al. 2003[2]
J. huakuii Guo et al. 2010
J. marinus Chen et al. 2009[3]
J. nanhaiensis Liu et al. 2011
J. pinnipedialis Hoyles et al. 2004[4]
J. psychrophilus Yoon et al. 2003[2]

Jeotgalicoccus is a genus of Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, and halotolerant to halophilic bacteria. The cells are coccoid. The genus is named after the Korean fish sauce jeotgal from whence these bacteria were first isolated.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Euzéby, J. P. "List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature". Retrieved 2014-03-22.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Yoon, J. -H., K. -C. Lee, N. Weiss, K. H. Kang, and Y. –H. Park (2003). "Jeotgalicoccus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Jeotgalicoccus psychrophilus sp. nov., isolated from the traditional Korean fermented seafood jeotgal". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 53 (Pt 2): 595–602. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02132-0. PMID 12710632.
  3. ↑ Yi-Guang Chen et al. (2009). "Jeotgalicoccus marinus sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from a sea urchin". International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology 59 (Pt 7): 1625–1629. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.002451-0.
  4. ↑ Hoyles, L., M. D. Collins, G. Foster, E. Falsen, and P. Schumann (2004). "Jeotgalicoccus pinnipedialis sp. nov., from a southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina)". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 54 (Pt 3): 745–748. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02833-0. PMID 15143018.

Further reading

Belcher, James; McLean, Kirsty; Matthews, Sarah; Woodward, Laura; Fisher, Karl; Rigby, Stephen; Nelson, David; Potts, Donna; Baynham, Michael; Parker, David; Leys, David; Munro, Andrew (January 18, 2014). "Structure and Biochemical Properties of the Alkene Producing Cytochrome P450 OleTJE (CYP152L1) from the Jeotgalicoccus sp. 8456 Bacterium". Journal of Biological Chemistry 289 (10): 6535–6550. doi:10.1074/jbc.M113.527325. PMID 24443585. Retrieved Nov 10, 2014.