Anaerophaga

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

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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").

Anaerophaga Denger et al. 2002, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Anaerophaga thermohalophila Denger et al. 2002.
Etymology: Gr. pref. an, not; Gr. n. aer aeros, air; Gr. v. phagein, to devour, to eat up; N.L. fem. n. Anaerophaga, an anaerobic eater.
Reference: DENGER (K.), WARTHMANN (R.), LUDWIG (W.) and SCHINK (B.): Anaerophaga thermohalophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermohalophilic, strictly anaerobic fermentative bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 173-178.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Anaerophaga thermohalophila Denger et al. 2002, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Fru22 = DSM 12881 = OCM 798.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ418048.
Etymology: Gr. n. thermê, heat; Gr. n. hals halos, salt; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. thermohalophila, heat and salt loving.
Reference: DENGER (K.), WARTHMANN (R.), LUDWIG (W.) and SCHINK (B.): Anaerophaga thermohalophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermohalophilic, strictly anaerobic fermentative bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 173-178.
Original article in IJSEM Online