Pseu.do.o.ce.a.ni'co.la. Gr. masc./fem. adj.
pseudês
, false; N.L. masc. n.
Oceanicola
, a bacterial genus; N.L. masc. n.
Pseudooceanicola
, like
Oceanicola
, referring to the close relationship to the genus
Oceanicola
.
Pseudomonadota / Alphaproteobacteria / Rhodobacterales / Roseobacteraceae/ Pseudooceanicola
The genus
Pseudooceanicola
, classified within the family
Roseobacteraceae
, order
Rhodobacterales
, class
Alphaproteobacteria
, and in the phylum
Pseudomonadota
, currently includes 11 species with validly published names. Cells are Gram‐stain‐negative, aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, non‐motile, polymorphic‐shaped including short rods, ovoid or irregular elongated rod. Cells reproduce by normal cell division and occur singly or in shapeless aggregates. The
Pseudooceanicola
strains are slightly halophlic or haloduric, mostly grow well in the salinity ranges of 0–17.5% (w/v) NaCl, with the optimum of 0.5–8.0% (w/v) NaCl. Growth at pH ranges from 4.0 to 10.0, with optimum growth at approx. pH 6.0–8.5. The
Pseudooceanicola
species are mesophilic bacteria. The temperature range of growth is 4–45°C, with optimum growth at 20–37°C. The colony color is cream, white, or yellowish. Some species synthesize poly‐β‐hydroxybutyrate (PHB) granules. Most species are also capable of growth on some multicarbon compounds, such as
l
‐arabinose,
d
‐glucose,
d
‐maltose,
d
‐mannitol,
d
‐mannose, and
N
‐acetyl‐glucosamine. The major isoprenoid quinone is ubiquinone‐10 (Q‐10). The major fatty acid includes octadecenoic acid summed feature 8 (C
18:1
ω7
c
and/or C
18:1
ω6
c
) and C
16:0
. Known habitats are mainly marine environments, such as seawater, sediment, macroalgae, and epidermis of a marine invertebrate, and surface‐sterilized bark.
DNA G + C content (mol%)
: 64.1–67.9 (by genome).
Type species
:
Pseudooceanicola atlanticus
Lai et al. 2015, VL164.