Deefgea Explained

Deefgea is a genus of bacteria in the phylum Pseudomonadota. Deefgea are described as Gram-negative, rod-shaped, facultative anaerobes which generally occur singly. Deefgea are motile, either by a single flagellum or two polar flagella. They are both catalase and oxidase positive.

Etymology

The name Deefgea derives from:

Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Deefgea, arbitrary name derived from the acronym DFG for Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Science Foundation).

The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely

• D. chitinilytica (Chen et al. 2010, ; Neo-Latin noun chitinum, chitin; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective lytica (from Greek feminine gender adjective lutikē), able to loosen, able to dissolve; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective chitinilytica, chitin-dissolving.)^[1]
• D. rivuli (Stackebrandt et al. 2007, (Type species of the genus).;: Latin genitive case masculine gender noun rivuli, of/from a rivulet, a small brook.)^[2]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

Notes and References

1. Chen . W. -M. . Chung . Y. -N. . Chiu . T. -F. . Cheng . C. -Y. . Arun . A. B. . Sheu . S. -Y. . Deefgea chitinilytica sp. Nov., isolated from a wetland . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 60 . 6 . 1450–1453 . 2009 . 10.1099/ijs.0.015263-0 . 19671724.
2. Stackebrandt . E. . Lang . E. . Cousin . S. . Pauker . O. . Brambilla . E. . Kroppenstedt . R. . Lunsdorf . H. . Deefgea rivuli gen. Nov., sp. Nov., a member of the class Betaproteobacteria . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 57 . 3 . 639–645 . 2007 . 10.1099/ijs.0.64771-0 . 17329799. free .