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

Editor list: Whitman, WB

Publication year: 2017

eISBN: 978-1-118-96060-8

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00098.pub2

Abstract: 

Fron.di.ha'bi.tans. L. n. frons, frondis a leaf, foliage; L. part. adj. habitans inhabiting; N.L. part. adj. used as a masc. n. Frondihabitans inhabitant of leaves, leaf dweller.

Actinobacteria / Actinobacteria / Micrococcales / Microbacteriaceae / Frondihabitans

Phylogenetically the genus Frondihabitans belongs to the phylum Actinobacteria, class Actinobacteria, order Micrococcales, and family Microbacteriaceae. The type species is Frondihabitans australicus. Currently four species are assigned to the genus. Cells are Gram-stain-positive short irregular-shaped rods. Nonspore-forming. No mycelium is produced. Aerobic. Mesophilic. Temperature range for growth 15–37°C. Catalase-positive and oxidase-negative. Cells are nonmotile with no flagella. A range of carbohydrates, organic acids, and amino acids are metabolized. The cell-wall peptidoglycan type is B2β and contains L-ornithine. The major cellular fatty acid is C_18:1 ω7c. Menaquinones MK-7 and MK-8 are present. Glycolipids, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, and three unidentified phospholipids are present.

Type species: Frondihabitans australicus Greene, Euzéby, Tindall and Patel 2009, 448^VP.

Number of species with validated names: 4.

Harvard Citation style: Kämpfer, P. and Glaeser, S. (2017) Frondihabitans, in Whitman, W. (ed.) Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00098.pub2

APA Citation style: Kämpfer, P., & Glaeser, S. (2017). Frondihabitans. In Whitman, W. (Ed.), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00098.pub2