Genus Moritella
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 7
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Moritella Urakawa et al. 1999, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Moritellaceae Ivanova et al. 2004).
Type species: ¤ Moritella marina (Baumann et al. 1984) Urakawa et al. 1999.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Moritella, named after Richard Y. Morita to honor his work in marine microbiology.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 69. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 341-342.
Effective publication: URAKAWA (H.), KITA-TSUKAMOTO (K.), STEVEN (S.E.), OHWADA (K.) and COLWELL (R.R.): A proposal to transfer Vibrio marinus (Russell 1891) to a new genus Moritella gen. nov. as Moritella marina comb. nov. FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 1998, 165, 373-378.
Validation List no. 69 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online (Erratum Online)
Moritella abyssi Xu et al. 2003, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 2693 = JCM 11436 = LMG 21258.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ252022.
Etymology: L. gen. n. abyssi, of/from the abyss.
Valid publication: XU (Y.), NOGI (Y.), KATO (C.), LIANG (Z.), RÜGER (H.J.), DE KEGEL (D.) and GLANSDORFF (N.): Moritella profunda sp. nov. and Moritella abyssi sp. nov., two psychropiezophilic organisms isolated from deep Atlantic sediments. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 533-538.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Moritella dasanensis Kim et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ArB 0140 = JCM 14759 = KCCM 42845 = KCTC 10814.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF192283.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. dasanensis, pertaining to the Korean Arctic Dasan station where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: KIM (H.J.), PARK (S.), LEE (J.M.), PARK (S.), JUNG (W.), KANG (J.S.), JOO (H.M.), SEO (K.W.) and KANG (S.H.): Moritella dasanensis sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from the Arctic ocean. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 817-820.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Moritella japonica Nogi et al. 1999, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DSK1 = CIP 106291 = DSM 14879 = JCM 10249.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: D21224.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. japonica, pertaining to the Japan Trench, where this strain originated.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 69. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 341-342.
Effective publication: NOGI (Y.), KATO (C.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Moritella japonica sp. nov., a novel barophilic bacterium isolated from a Japan Trench sediment. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 1998, 44, 289-295.
Validation List no. 69 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Moritella marina (Baumann et al. 1984) Urakawa et al. 1999, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 15381= CIP 102861 = NCCB 79030 = NCIMB 1144.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB038033.
Basonym: ¤ Vibrio marinus (ex Russell 1892) Baumann et al. 1984.
Other synonym: "Vibrio marinus" (Russell 1892) Ford 1927.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. marina, of or belonging to the sea, marine.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 69. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 341-342.
Effective publication: URAKAWA (H.), KITA-TSUKAMOTO (K.), STEVEN (S.E.), OHWADA (K.) and COLWELL (R.R.): A proposal to transfer Vibrio marinus (Russell 1891) to a new genus Moritella gen. nov. as Moritella marina comb. nov. FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 1998, 165, 373-378.
Validation List no. 69 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online (Erratum Online)
Moritella profunda Xu et al. 2003, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 2674 = JCM 11435 = LMG 21259.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ252023.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. profunda, from the deep.
Valid publication: XU (Y.), NOGI (Y.), KATO (C.), LIANG (Z.), RÜGER (H.J.), DE KEGEL (D.) and GLANSDORFF (N.): Moritella profunda sp. nov. and Moritella abyssi sp. nov., two psychropiezophilic organisms isolated from deep Atlantic sediments. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 533-538.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Moritella viscosa (Lunder et al. 2000) Benediktsdóttir et al. 2000, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) NVI 88/478 = ATCC BAA-105 = NCIMB 13584.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ132226.
Basonym: ¤ Vibrio viscosus Lunder et al. 2000.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. viscosa, viscous, sticky, because of its thread-forming, adherent colonies.
Valid publication: BENEDIKTSDÓTTIR (E.), VERDONCK (L.), SPRÖER (C.), HELGASON (S.) and SWINGS (J.): Characterization of Vibrio viscosus and Vibrio wodanis isolated at different geographical locations: a proposal for reclassification of Vibrio viscosus as Moritella viscosa comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 479-488.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Moritella yayanosii Nogi and Kato 1999, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DB21MT-5 = JCM 10263.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB008797.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. yayanosii, of Yayanos, named in honor of American deep-sea biologist Aristides Yayanos.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 71. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1325-1326.
Effective publication: NOGI (Y.) and KATO (C.): Taxonomic studies of extremely barophilic bacteria isolated from the Mariana Trench and description of Moritella yayanosii sp. nov., a new barophilic bacterial isolate. Extremophiles, 1999, 3, 71-77.
Validation List no. 71 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online