Alkanibacter

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Alkanibacter

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Alkanibacter Friedrich and Lipski 2008, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Alkanibacter difficilis Friedrich and Lipski 2008.
Etymology: N.L. n. alkanum, saturated hydrocarbon; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Alkanibacter, rod assimilating alkanes.
Reference: FRIEDRICH (M.M.) and LIPSKI (A.): Alkanibacter difficilis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Singularimonas variicoloris gen. nov., sp. nov., hexane-degrading bacteria isolated from a hexane-treated biofilter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2324-2329.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Alkanibacter difficilis Friedrich and Lipski 2008, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain MN154.3 = DSM 14804 = LMG 22842.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ313020.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. difficilis, difficult, because it is difficult to cultivate.
Reference: FRIEDRICH (M.M.) and LIPSKI (A.): Alkanibacter difficilis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Singularimonas variicoloris gen. nov., sp. nov., hexane-degrading bacteria isolated from a hexane-treated biofilter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2324-2329.
Original article in IJSEM Online