Deefgea

Deefgea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Neisseriales
Family:	Neisseriaceae
Genus:	Deefgea Stackebrandt et al. 2007
Type species
Deefgea rivuli
Species
D. chitinilytica D. rivuli

Deefgea is a genus of bacteria in the phylum Pseudomonadota. ^[1] Deefgea are described as Gram-negative, rod-shaped, facultative anaerobes which generally occur singly. ^[2] Deefgea are motile, either by a single flagellum or two polar flagella. They are both catalase and oxidase positive. ^[2]

Etymology

The name Deefgea derives from:

Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Deefgea, arbitrary name derived from the acronym DFG for Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Science Foundation). ^[3]

The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely ^[3]

• D. chitinilytica ( Chen et al. 2010; Neo-Latin noun chitinum, chitin; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective lytica (from Greek feminine gender adjective lutikē), able to loosen, able to dissolve; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective chitinilytica, chitin-dissolving.) ^[4]
• D. rivuli ( Stackebrandt et al. 2007, (Type species of the genus).;: Latin genitive case masculine gender noun rivuli, of/from a rivulet, a small brook.) ^[2]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

References

1. Classification of Genera DL in LPSN ; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 .
2. Stackebrandt, E.; Lang, E.; Cousin, S.; Pauker, O.; Brambilla, E.; Kroppenstedt, R.; Lunsdorf, H. (2007). "Deefgea rivuli gen. Nov., sp. Nov., a member of the class Betaproteobacteria". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (3): 639–645. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.64771-0 . PMID   17329799.
3. Deefgea in LPSN ; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 .
4. Chen, W. -M.; Chung, Y. -N.; Chiu, T. -F.; Cheng, C. -Y.; Arun, A. B.; Sheu, S. -Y. (2009). "Deefgea chitinilytica sp. Nov., isolated from a wetland". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 60 (6): 1450–1453. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.015263-0. PMID   19671724.