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Erschienen in: Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria

Herausgeberliste: Whitman, WB

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2019

eISBN: 978-1-118-96060-8

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00301.pub2

Abstract: 

Chry.se.o.bac.te'ri.um. Gr. adj. chryseos golden; L. neut. n. bacterium a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Chryseobacterium a yellow rod.

Bacteroidetes / Flavobacteriia / Flavobacteriales / Flavobacteriaceae / Chryseobacterium

The genus Chryseobacterium is classified within the family Flavobacteriaceae, order Flavobacteriales, and in the class Flavobacteriia. Almost all species produce pale yellow to orange colonies, mainly due to flexirubin-type pigments and sometimes carotenoid pigments. Cells are rod shaped and Gram-staining-negative. Most strains grow optimally at 15–30°C, pH 6–8, and 0–1% (w/v) NaCl, although halotolerant species do occur. Almost all species are strictly aerobic. Menaquinone-6 is the major respiratory quinone. Phosphatidylethanolamine is the major polar lipid in most species. sym-homospermidine is the major polyamine, and phosphosphingolipids are absent. The major fatty acids are iso-C_15:0, iso-C_17:1 ω9c, iso-C_17:0 3-OH, and iso-C_15:0 2-OH. The type strains from most species were isolated from environmental sources such as fresh or seawater, or soil. Other sources include insects, plant rhizosphere, biofilms, surfaces in beer bottling plants, and other industrial sources. Human clinical specimens and hospital environments have yielded certain species as well as unclassified strains, but it is often unclear if they are direct pathogens, opportunistic pathogens, or mere contaminants. Similarly, Chryseobacterium isolates have been derived from both healthy and diseased fish. Several species occur in food or dairy products; they may be involved in spoilage.

DNA G + C content (mol%): 28.8–49.3.

Type species: Chryseobacterium gleum (Holmes, Owen, Steigerwalt and Brenner 1984b) Vandamme, Bernardet, Segers, Kersters and Holmes 1994, 830^VP (Flavobacterium gleum Holmes, Owen, Steigerwalt and Brenner 1984b, 23).

Harvard-Zitierstil: Hugo, C., Bernardet, J., Nicholson, A. and Kämpfer, P. (2019) Chryseobacterium, in Whitman, W. (ed.) Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Chichester: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00301.pub2

APA-Zitierstil: Hugo, C., Bernardet, J., Nicholson, A., & Kämpfer, P. (2019). Chryseobacterium. In Whitman, W. (Ed.), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00301.pub2