J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Atopobacter
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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").
Atopobacter Lawson et al. 2000, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Atopobacter phocae Lawson et al. 2000.
Etymology: Gr. adj. atopos, having no place, strange; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Atopobacter, strange rod.
Reference: LAWSON (P.A.), FOSTER (G.), FALSEN (E.), OHLÉN (M.) and COLLINS (M.D.): Atopobacter phocae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from common seals. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1755-1760.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Atopobacter phocae Lawson et al. 2000, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain M1590/94/2 = ATCC BAA-285 = CCUG 42358 = CIP 106392.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: Y16546.
Etymology: L. gen. n. phocae, of a seal, of the common seal Phoca vitulina, from which the organism was first isolated.
Reference: LAWSON (P.A.), FOSTER (G.), FALSEN (E.), OHLÉN (M.) and COLLINS (M.D.): Atopobacter phocae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from common seals. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1755-1760.
Original article in IJSEM Online
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