Family I. Puniceicoccaceae

Authors

Jang-Cheon Cho
Jaewoo YoonFollow
Brian P. Hedlund, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Editors

N.R. Krieg; J.T. Staley; B.P. Hedlund; B.J. Paster; N. Ward; W. Ludwig; and W.B. Whitman

Document Type

Chapter

Publication Date

2011

Publication Title

Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Volume

4

Issue

2

First page number:

824

Abstract

Cocci. Gram-stain-negative. Aerobic or facultatively anaerobic via fermentation. Mesophilic. Chemoorganotrophic. Saccharolytic. Use predominantly mono-, di-, and polysaccharides and their derivatives. Neither muramic acid nor diaminopimelic acid identified in cell-wall extracts. Resistant to β-lactam antibiotics. The major respiratory quinone is menaquinone MK-7.

Keywords

Bacteria – Physiology; Puniceicoccaceae

Disciplines

Bacteriology | Life Sciences | Microbial Physiology | Microbiology

Language

English

Repository Citation

Cho, J., Yoon, J., Hedlund, B. P. (2011). Family I. Puniceicoccaceae. In N.R. Krieg; J.T. Staley; B.P. Hedlund; B.J. Paster; N. Ward; W. Ludwig; and W.B. Whitman, Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 4(2), 824. Springer Verlag.