Fla.vi.ma.ri′co.la. L. masc. adj.
flavus
yellow, golden, blonde, flaxen; L. neut. n.
mare
,
maris
the sea; L. suff. –
cola
(from L. n.
incola
) dweller, inhabitant; N.L. masc. n.
Flavimaricola
inhabitant of the Yellow Sea, referring to the isolation environment of the type species.
Proteobacteria / Alphaproteobacteria / Rhodobacterales / Rhodobacteraceae / Flavimaricola
Gram‐negative‐staining, aerobic, nonmotile, and rod‐ to coccoid‐shaped bacteria. Optimal growth occurs at 30°C, between 2 and 3% (w/v) NaCl, and pH 7.0–8.0. The major fatty acid is summed feature 8 (C
18:1
ω7
c
and/or C
18:1
ω6
c
), and the respiratory quinone is Q‐10. The type species was isolated from the seawater of the Yellow Sea, South Korea. Member of the family
Rhodobacteraceae
. The type species is
Flavimaricola marinus
.
DNA G + C content (mol%)
: 62.6 (LC).
Type species:
Flavimaricola marinus
Wirth and Whitman 2018
VP
(
Loktanella marina
Jung et al. 2016).