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Ornithinibacter

Ornithinibacter is a genus of Gram positive, nonmotile, non-sporeforming bacteria. The bacteria are strictly aerobic and mesophilic. Cells of the genus are irregular rods that form branching hyphae. The genus name refers to L-Ornithine, the major diagnostic diamino acid in the peptidoglycan. The genus is monospecific, with O. aureus as the only species.

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Ornithinibacter
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetes
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Intrasporangiaceae
Genus: Ornithinibacter
Xiao et al. 2011
Species

O. aureus

Ornithinibacter is a genus of Gram positive, nonmotile, non-sporeforming bacteria. The bacteria are strictly aerobic and mesophilic. Cells of the genus are irregular rods that form branching hyphae. The genus name refers to L-Ornithine, the major diagnostic diamino acid in the peptidoglycan.1 The genus is monospecific, with O. aureus as the only species.2

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References

  1. Xiao, Chuan; Huang, Huiqin; Ye, Jianjun; Wu, Xiaopeng; Zhu, Jun; Zhan, Baolin; Bao, Shixiang (1 March 2011). "Ornithinibacter aureus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Intrasporangiaceae". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61 (3): 659–664. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.022806-0. PMID 20400663.
  2. "Genus Ornithinibacter". LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Retrieved 7 May 2020.