Biology:Dasania

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Short description: Genus of bacteria


Dasania
Scientific classification
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Spongiibacteraceae
Genus:
Dasania

Lee et al. 2008
Type species
D. marina
Species

See text.

Dasania is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).[1]

Etymology

The name Dasania derives from:
Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Dasania, named in honour of Dasan, a Korean scientist in 18th and 19th century and after the name of Korean Arctic research station, Dasan Station, in Ny-Ålesund.[2]

Species

The genus contains a single species,[2] namely D. marina ( Lee et al. 2008, Latin feminine gender adjective marina, of the sea, marine, referring to the environment where the type strain was isolated.)[3]

See also

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5226510 entry