Otariodibacter
| Otariodibacter | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Pasteurellales |
| Family: | Pasteurellaceae |
| Genus: | Otariodibacter Hansen et al. 2012[2] |
| Species: | O. oris
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| Binomial name | |
| Otariodibacter oris Hansen et al. 2012[1]
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| Type strain | |
| DSM 23800 | |
Otariodibacter is a genus of bacteria from the class of Pasteurellaceae with one known species (Otariodibacter oris).[2][3][4][1] Otariodibacter oris has been isolated from an oral swab from a Californian sea lion from the Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark in 2007.[5][1]
Etymology
[edit]The binomial name Otariodibacter oris is derived from:
- Otario-, referring to the marine mammal family Otariidae (eared seals such as sea lions),
- -di-, meaning “from” or “of”,
- -bacter, from Greek *baktērion*, meaning “small rod”.
The species epithet oris is derived from Latin *os, oris*, meaning "mouth", referring to the site of isolation.
Thus, the full name means "rod-shaped bacterium from the mouth of an otariid (sea lion)."
Characteristics
[edit]Otariodibacter oris exhibits the following traits:
- Gram-negative
- Rod-shaped
- Non-motile
- Facultatively anaerobic
It is positive for both catalase and oxidase activity. The bacterium grows on blood agar under aerobic and microaerophilic conditions.
Habitat
[edit]Otariodibacter oris was isolated from an oral swab of a captive Californian sea lion (Zalophus californianus). It is presumed to be a commensal species within the oral microbiome of marine mammals.
Type strain
[edit]The type strain of Otariodibacter oris is:
- DSM 23800
- Also referred to as strain T-1
- Deposited in the Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen (DSMZ)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Hansen, M. J.; Bertelsen, M. F.; Christensen, H.; Olsen, A. B. (2012). "Otariodibacter oris gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the oral cavity of a Californian sea lion (Zalophus californianus)". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 62 (6): 1462–1466. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.034793-0.
- ^ a b "Otariodibacter". LPSN.
- ^ "Otariodibacter". www.uniprot.org.
- ^ Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M. (2012). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomy of the genus Otariodibacter Hansen et al. 2012". doi:10.1601/tx.23529.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Details: DSM-23800". www.dsmz.de.
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