Janibacter

Janibacter is a genus of Gram positive, nonmotile, non-sporeforming bacteria. The genus name is derived from the two-faced Roman god Janus, referring to the fact that the cells of the original strain could be rod-shaped or coccoid.

Janibacter
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Actinobacteria
Class:
Actinomycetales
Family:
Intrasporangiaceae
Genus:
Janibacter

Martin 1997
Species

Janibacter alkaliphilus
Janibacter anophelis
Janibacter corallicola
Janibacter cremeus
Janibacter hoylei
Janibacter indicus
Janibacter limosus
Janibacter melonis
Janibacter terrae

The type species of the genus, Janibacter limosus, was originally isolated from sludge from a wastewater treatment plant.[1] Other species have been isolated from an air sample, a melon, the midgut of mosquitoes, coral, sea sediment, and hydrothermal sediment.[2]

References
  1. Martin, K; Schumann, P; Rainey, F. A; Schuetze, B; Groth, I (1997). "Janibacter limosus gen. nov., sp. nov., a New Actinomycete with meso-Diaminopimelic Acid in the Cell Wall". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47 (2): 529. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-529. PMID 9103644.
  2. Zhang, G; Ren, H; Wang, S; Chen, X; Yang, Y; Zhang, Y; Jiang, Y (2014). "Janibacter indicus sp. nov., isolated from hydrothermal sediment of the Indian Ocean". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 64 (Pt 7): 2353–7. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.059527-0. PMID 24744020.
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