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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
| Family: | Aurantimonadaceae Hördtet al. 2020[1] |
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TheAurantimonadaceae are a small family ofmarine bacteria.
Aurantimonas coralicida causes a white plague incorals.[3]
Fulvimarina pelagi was isolated from seawater, and takes the form of nonmotile rods.[4]Fulvimarina pelagi is an obligateaerobe, and obtains its nourishmentchemoheterotrophically. It tests positive foroxidase andcatalase, and containscarotenoid pigments, possibly to protect against solar radiation.
The nameAurantimonas derives from:Neo-Latinaurantus, orange-coloured;Greekmonas (μονάς), a unit; to mean an orange-coloured unicellular organism.[5]
Members of the genusAurantimonas can be referred to as aurantimonads (viz.trivialisation of names).
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on theList of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN).[2] The phylogeny is based on whole-genome analysis.[1]
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