Amorphus

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

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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").

Amorphus Zeevi Ben Yosef et al. 2008, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Amorphus coralli Zeevi Ben Yosef et al. 2008.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Amorphus (from Gr. adj. amorphos, without form, shapeless), a bacterium without defined shape.
Reference: ZEEVI BEN YOSEF (D.), BEN-DOV (E.) and KUSHMARO (A.): Amorphus coralli gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from coral mucus, belonging to the order Rhizobiales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2704-2709.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Amorphus coralli Zeevi Ben Yosef et al. 2008, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain RS.Sph.026 = DSM 19760 = LMG 24307.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ097300.
Etymology: L. gen. n. coralli, of coral, from which the organism was isolated.
Reference: ZEEVI BEN YOSEF (D.), BEN-DOV (E.) and KUSHMARO (A.): Amorphus coralli gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from coral mucus, belonging to the order Rhizobiales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2704-2709.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Amorphus orientalis Wang et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain YIM D10 = CCTCC AA 208035 = DSM 21202.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FJ998414.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. orientalis, eastern, bacterium inhabiting the east.
Reference: WANG (Y.X.), LIU (J.H.), CHEN (Y.G.), ZHANG (X.X.), WANG (Z.G.), CHEN (Y.), TIAN (S.P.), HU (B.) and CUI (X.L.): Amorphus orientalis sp. nov., an exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium isolated from salt mine sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1750-1754.
Original article in IJSEM Online