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THALASSOMONAS LOYANA
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Thalassomonas |
| Species: | Thalassomonas loyana |
| Description: | Cells are 0·5–0·8 μm in width and 1–2 μm in length. They form translucent, convex, smooth-rounded colonies with an entire margin that are cream-coloured and 3 mm in size on MA after 3 days incubation at 25 °C. No growth occurs on 0 or ⩾ 10·0 % NaCl. No growth occurs below 15 °C or at 37 °C or above. Tests negative for indole, arginine dihydrolase, oxidase and urease activities. |
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| Source: | The type strain was isolated from diseased coral in Eilat, Israel. |
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| Genbank: | AY643537.2(16s rRNA) [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
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| Reference: | THOMPSON (F.L.), BARASH (Y.), SAWABE (T.), SHARON (G.), SWINGS (J.) and ROSENBERG (E.): Thalassomonas loyana sp. nov., a causative agent of the white plague-like disease of corals on the Eilat coral reef. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 365-368. |
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