Coraliomargarita parva sp. nov., isolated from mangrove sediment and genome-based analysis of the class Opitutae revealed five novel families: Coraliomargaritaceae fam. nov., Pelagicoccaceae fam. nov., Cerasicoccaeae fam. nov., Oceanipulchritudinaceae fam. nov., and Alterococcaeae fam. nov.

This study provided a new taxonomic framework of the class Opitutae based on the genomic data.
Source: Frontiers in Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Source Type: research