Demequina is a genus of bacteria in the phylum Actinomycetota.[1]

Demequina
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Demequinaceae
Ue et al. 2011[2]
Genus: Demequina
Yi et al. 2007[1]
Type species
Demequina aestuarii
Yi et al. 2007
Species

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Synonyms[3]
  • Lysinimicrobium Hamada et al. 2012

Etymology

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The name Demequina derives from:

Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Demequina, arbitrary name derived from demethylmenaquinone, an unusual quinone found in this organism.[3]

Species

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Demequina comprises the following species:[3]

Phylogeny

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The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[3] and the phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 106 by The All-Species Living Tree Project[4]

Demequina

?Demequina aurantiaca Ue et al. 2011

?Demequina globuliformis Ue et al. 2011

?Demequina oxidasica Ue et al. 2011

D. aestuarii Yi et al. 2007

D. lutea Finster et al. 2009

D. salsinemoris Matsumoto et al. 2010

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Yi H, Schumann P, Chun J. (2007). "Demequina aestuarii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinomycete of the suborder Micrococcineae, and reclassification of Cellulomonas fermentans Bagnara et al. 1985 as Actinotalea fermentans gen. nov., comb. nov". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 57: 151–156. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64525-0. PMID 17220458.
  2. ^ Ue H, Matsuo Y, Kasai H, Yokota A. (2011). "Demequina globuliformis sp. nov., Demequina oxidasica sp. nov. and Demequina aurantiaca sp. nov., actinobacteria isolated from marine environments, and proposal of Demequinaceae fam. nov". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 61: 1322–1329. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.024299-0. PMID 20656823.
  3. ^ a b c d Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Demequina". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  4. ^ All-Species Living Tree Project."16S rRNA-based LTP release 106 (full tree)" (PDF). Silva Comprehensive Ribosomal RNA Database. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-07. Retrieved 2011-11-17.