Methylophaga muralis
| Methylophaga muralis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Thiotrichales |
| Family: | Piscirickettsiaceae |
| Genus: | Methylophaga |
| Species: | M. muralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Methylophaga muralis Doronina et al., 2011[1]
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Type strain
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| Kr3 VKM B-2303 NCIMB 13993 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Methylophaga muralis is a species of
.Taxonomic history and etymology
This species was discovered in scrapings from deteriorating marble monuments in the crypts of the
type strain, Kr3, was deposited in the All-Russia Collection of Microorganisms
(VKM) and the National Collection of Industrial and
Marine Bacteria (NCIMB) culture collections.[2]
The specific epithet muralis is a Latin adjective meaning "of or belonging to a wall".[1][5] Its original specific epithet, murata, means "surrounded by walls".[6]
Distribution and habitat
The type strain Kr3 was extracted in Moscow from marble with a pH of 9.1.[2] M. muralis is an example of an endolith, being able to live on rock.[7] Another strain, named Bur 1, was isolated from a soda lake in Khilganta, Buryatia, Russia.[8][9]
The bacteria grows in temperatures of 0–42 °C (32–108 °F), a pH of 6–11, and a
alkaliphilic.[2]
Description and biology
M. muralis cells are
This species is
Its main
osmoprotectants.[2]
Phylogeny
INRS microbiologist Richard Villemur and colleagues added their newly described species M. nitratireducenticrescens and M. frappieri to this clade based on 16S rRNA analysis as well.[11] All of the species in this clade are alkaliphilic.[10][11]
References
- ^ .
- ^ S2CID 8003586.
- S2CID 10652983.
- PMID 28364734.
- ^ Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879). "mūrālis". Harper's Latin Dictionary: A New Latin Dictionary Founded on the Translation of Freund's Latin-German Lexicon. A Latin Dictionary. New York: Harper & Brothers. p. 1177.
- ^ Glare, P. G. W.; et al., eds. (1968). "mūrātus". Oxford Latin Dictionary. Oxford University Press. p. 1147.
- (PDF) from the original on 19 November 2017.
- PMID 27811106.
- S2CID 28329775.
- ^ PMID 21890722.
- ^ PMID 23148104.
External links
Further reading
- Doronina, N. V.; Torgonskaya, M. L.; Fedorov, D. N.; Trotsenko, Yu. A. (2015). "Aerobic methylobacteria as promising objects of modern biotechnology (Review)". Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology. 51 (2): 125–134. S2CID 15532355.