Myroidaceae
Encyclopedia
The family
Myroidaceae was composed of two genera of environmental bacteria
, Myroides and Psychromonas
.
The genus Myroides have been moved to the Family Flavobacteriaceae
and Psychromonas to the Order Alteromonadales
, Family Psychromonadaceae.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Myroidaceae was composed of two genera of environmental bacteria
Bacteria
Bacteria are a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria have a wide range of shapes, ranging from spheres to rods and spirals...
, Myroides and Psychromonas
Psychromonas antarctica
Psychromonas antarctica is a species of Proteobacteria.The halophilic and psychrophile bacterium was first isolated from a salinity pond in Antarctica....
.
The genus Myroides have been moved to the Family Flavobacteriaceae
Flavobacteriaceae
The family Flavobacteriaceae is composed of environmental bacteria. Most species are aerobic, some are microaerobic to anaerobic, for example Ornithobacterium, Capnocytophaga and Coenonia....
and Psychromonas to the Order Alteromonadales
Alteromonadales
The Alteromonadales are an order of Proteobacteria. Although they have been treated as a single family, the Alteromonadaceae, they were divided into eight by Ivanova et al. in 2004. The cells are straight or curved rods. They are motil by the use of a single flagellum. Most of the species are...
, Family Psychromonadaceae.