Aurantimonas coralicida
| Aurantimonas coralicida | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
| Family: | Aurantimonadaceae |
| Genus: | Aurantimonas |
| Species: | A. coralicida
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| Binomial name | |
| Aurantimonas coralicida Denner et al. 2003
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Aurantimonas coralicida is a gram-negative bacterium, and a causative agent of white plague in Caribbean corals. It is rod-shaped, with polar flagella.[1]
Description
[edit]An obligate aerobe, A. coralicida obtains its nourishment chemoheterotrophically. It tests positive for oxidase and catalase, and contains carotenoid pigments, possibly to protect against solar radiation.[1]
Role in Disease
[edit]A. coralicida is believed to be the causative agent of white plague, a disease of some corals.[1] This was first described in 1995 in an epizootic in reefs in the Florida Keys. 17 of 43 coral species in the area were infected, and up to 38% of infected corals died.[1]
Genetics
[edit]The type strain of A. coralicida is WP1T(=CIP 107386T =DSM 14790T), which was the original strain isolated.[1]
History
[edit]A coralicida was originally isolated as the cause of white plague in coral in the Caribbean in 1998.[1] In 2003, the 16S rRNA sequence of the bacterium was compared to other known sequences to determine its taxonomic relationship to other bacteria. It was found to be a previously undescribed member of the order Hyphomicrobiales and was classified under the newly created genus Aurantimonas as Aurantimonas coralicida.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Denner, E. B. M. (2003). "Aurantimonas coralicida gen. nov., sp. nov., the causative agent of white plague type II on Caribbean scleractinian corals". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53 (4): 1115–1122. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02359-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 12892136.
Further reading
[edit]- Yossi Loya; Rosenberg, Eugene (2004). Coral Health and Disease. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 3-540-20772-4.
External links
[edit]- LPSN
- "Aurantimonas coralicida". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- WORMS entry
- Type strain of Aurantimonas coralicida at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
