Agarilytica

Abstract A.ga.ri.ly'ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. agarum , agar; N.L. fem. adj. lytica (from Gr. fem. adj. lytike ) able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. n. Agarilytica , agar dissolving. The genus Agarilytica belongs to the family Cellvibrionaceae , order Cellvibrionales , class Gammaproteobacteria , and phylum Proteobacteria . The cells of the genus are Gram‐stain‐negative, rod shaped, aerobic, and motile. The cells are positive for catalase but negative for oxidase. C 16:0 , C 18:1 ω7 c , and summed feature 3 (C 16:1 ω7 c /iso‐C 15:0 2‐OH) are the major fatty acids. Ubiquinone‐8 (Q‐8) is the sole respiratory quinone. The polar lipid profile mainly consists of phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, aminophospholipid, and two unidentified lipids. DNA G + C content (mol%) : 40.2 (HPLC). Type species : Agarilytica rhodophyticola Ling et al. 2017 VP . Taxonomic and Nomenclature Notes According to the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN), the taxonomic status of the genus Agarilytica is: correct name (last update, February 2025) * . LPSN classification: Bacteria / Pseudomonadati / Pseudomonadota / Gammaproteobacteria / Cellvibrionales / Cellvibrionaceae / Agarilytica The genus Agarilytica can also be recovered in the Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB) as g__Agarilytica (version v220) ** . GTDB classification: d__Bacteria / p__Pseudomonadota / c__Gammaproteobacteria / o__Pseudomonadales / f__Cellvibrionaceae / g__Agarilytica * Meier‐Kolthoff et al. ( 2022 ). Nucleic Acids Res , 50 , D801 – D807 ; DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab902 ** Parks et al. ( 2022 ). Nucleic Acids Res , 50 , D785 – D794 ; DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab776