Incertae Sedis VII.“Pseudolyticum”
2015
pseu' do.ly.ti.cum. Gr. adj. pseudo false; L. adj. lyticus dissolving; M.L. neut. n. Lyticum genus of endosymbionts producing labile toxins which kill sensitive strains of paramecia very quickly by lysis; M.L. n. Pseudolyticum false Lyticum.
Proteobacteria / Alphaproteobacteria / Rickettsiales / Holosporaceae / incertae Sedis VII. “Pseudolyticum”
Straight rods, 2.0 × 3.5–14.0 µm. Bacteria are not infective and do not confer a killer trait on their host. Gram negative. Non-motile in spite of numerous flagella. Occur in Paramecium caudatum.
The mol% G + C of the DNA is: not determined.
Type species: “Pseudolyticum multiflagellatum” Boss, Borchsenius and Ossipov 1987, 98.
Keywords:
Pseudolyticum;
Pseudolyticum multiflagellatum;
Holosporaceae fam. nov.
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