MaNgROVIVIRga CUNICULI gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from bioturbated Red Sea mangrove sediment, and proposal of the novel family MaNgROVIVIRgaCeae fam. nov. Author Sefrji, Fatmah O. Author Michoud, Grégoire Author Marasco, Ramona Author Merlino, Giuseppe Author Daffonchio, Daniele text International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2021 004866 2021-07-02 71 7 1 11 http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004866 journal article 296601 10.1099/ijsem.0.004866 96be14ca-1ffa-46e6-b1d4-f637c3ddd54f 1466-5034 PMC8489838 34214025 6224106 DESCRIPTION OF MANGROVIVIRGACEAE FAM. NOV. Mangrovivirgaceae (Man.gro.vi.vir′ ga’ce.ae, N.L. fem. n. Mangrovivirga type genus of the family; -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Mangrovivirgaceae , the family of the genus Mangrovivirga ). On the basis of 16S rRNA gene and genome sequence analyses, the species is a member of the order Cytophagales in the phylum Bacteroidetes . The description is the same as that for the genus Mangrovivirga , which is the type and currently sole genus of the family.