Ammoniphilus

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Ammoniphilus Zaitsev et al. 1998, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Amoniphilus oxalaticus Zaitsev et al. 1998.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. ammonium, ammonia (NH₃); N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. masc. n. Ammoniphilus, ammonia lover.
Reference: ZAITSEV (G.M.), TSITKO (I.V.), RAINEY (F.A.), TROTSENKO (Y.A.), UOTILA (J.S.), STACKEBRANDT (E.) and SALKINOJA-SALONEN (M.S.): New aerobic ammonium-dependent obligately oxalotrophic bacteria: description of Ammoniphilus oxalaticus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ammoniphilus oxalivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 151-163.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Ammoniphilus oxalaticus Zaitsev et al. 1998, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain RAOx-1 = ATCC 700649 = CIP 105538 = DSM 11538 = HAMBI 2283.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: Y14578.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. oxalaticus, pertaining to oxalate.
Reference: ZAITSEV (G.), TSITKO (I.V.), RAINEY (F.A.), TROTSENKO (Y.A.), UOTILA (J.S.), STACKEBRANDT (E.) and SALKINOJA-SALONEN (M.S.): New aerobic ammonium-dependent obligately oxalotrophic bacteria: description of Ammoniphilus oxalaticus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ammoniphilus oxalivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 151-163.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Ammoniphilus oxalivorans Zaitsev et al. 1998, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain RAOx-FS = ATCC 700648 = CIP 105539 = DSM 11537 = HAMBI 2284.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: Y14580.
Etymology: N.L. n. oxalatum, oxalate; L. part. adj. vorans, eating; N.L. part. adj. oxalivorans, oxalate-eating.
Reference: ZAITSEV (G.), TSITKO (I.V.), RAINEY (F.A.), TROTSENKO (Y.A.), UOTILA (J.S.), STACKEBRANDT (E.) and SALKINOJA-SALONEN (M.S.): New aerobic ammonium-dependent obligately oxalotrophic bacteria: description of Ammoniphilus oxalaticus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ammoniphilus oxalivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 151-163.
Original article in IJSEM Online