Marixanthomonas ophiurae

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Classification

Higher order taxa

Marixanthomonas ophiurae: Bacteria (domain), bacteroidetes (phylum), flavobacteria (class), flavobacteriales (order), flavobacteriaceae (family), Marixanthomonas (genus), ophiurae (species)

Species

Marixanthomonas: mare refers to the sea; xanthos is the greek word for yellow; and monas refers to a unicellular organism, a monad. Therefore: Marixanthomonas is a marine yellow monad.

Marixanthomonas ophiurae: Ophiura, a class of invertebrates belonging to the Ophiuroidea (brittle star), which is the source of isolation of the type strain.

Description and significance

Brittle stars

Marizanthomonas ophiurae was isolated from a brittle star located in the Fiji Sea. This type of star has longer arms than sea stars that radiate out from a small central disc. It uses these arms to help it eat and swim. Brittle stars like to live under rocks during the day and swim away in a snake-like fashion when disturbed. They feed on plankton by raising their arms into the water above them. Although this star was found in a tropical climate, brittle stars can live in any marine climate. Brittle stars can live for up to five years.

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References

[Sample reference] Takai, K., Sugai, A., Itoh, T., and Horikoshi, K. "Palaeococcus ferrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2000. Volume 50. p. 489-500.

Edited by Christina Kozak, student of Rachel Larsen at the University of Southern Maine

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