Endozoicomonas

E. acroporae[1] E. arenosclerae[1] E. ascidiicola[1] E. atrinae[1] E. coralli[1] E. elysicola[1] E. euniceicola[1] E. gorgoniicola[2] E. montiporae[1] E. numazuensis[1] Elysiobacter[3]Endozoicimonas[3] Endozoicomonas is a genus of Gram-negative, aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, chemoorganotrophic, rod-shaped, marine bacteria from the family of Endozoicomonadaceae.

They can also synthesize other amino acids like alanine, aspartate, cysteine, glycine, homocysteine, homoserine, leucine, lysine, methionine, serine, and threonine, indicating strain-specific functions.

Indeed, the presence of gene clusters encoding for the lactate, L-rhamnose metabolism, and phenylacetic acid (PA) degradation pathway indicates the probable ability of these microorganisms to utilize alternative carbon sources.

[23] Other environmental factors and stressors such as temperature changes, acidification of the ocean, and anthropogenic activities have a direct impact as well in the abundance of these microorganisms in their habitat.

In contrast to their reputation as beneficial symbionts, their genome reveals potential mechanisms for bacterial adaptation and some pathogenic species are being discovered and described to be affecting fish larvae cultures, causing epitheliocystis and further leading to mass mortality.