Azohydromonas

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

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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").

Azohydromonas Xie and Yokota 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Azohydromonas lata (Palleroni and Palleroni 1978) Xie and Yokota 2005.
Etymology: N.L. n. azotum [from Fr. n. azote (from Gr. prep. a, not; Gr. n. zôê, life; N.Gr. n. azôê, not sustaining life)], nitrogen; N.L. pref. azo-, pertaining to nitrogen; Gr. n. hudôr, water; Gr. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Azohydromonas, nitrogen-fixing and hydrogen autotrophic monad.
Reference: XIE (C.H.) and YOKOTA (A.): Reclassification of Alcaligenes latus strains IAM 12599^T and IAM 12664 and Pseudomonas saccharophila as Azohydromonas lata gen. nov., comb. nov., Azohydromonas australica sp. nov. and Pelomonas saccharophila gen. nov., comb. nov., respectively. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 2419-2425.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Further concise information (in French)

Azohydromonas australica Xie and Yokota 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 29713 = DSM 1124 = IAM 12664 = JCM 20723 = LMG 3324 = NBRC 102464.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB188124.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. australica, pertaining to Australia, where the type strain was isolated.
Reference: XIE (C.H.) and YOKOTA (A.): Reclassification of Alcaligenes latus strains IAM 12599T and IAM 12664 and Pseudomonas saccharophila as Azohydromonas lata gen. nov., comb. nov., Azohydromonas australica sp. nov. and Pelomonas saccharophila gen. nov., comb. nov., respectively. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 2419-2425.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: In the protologue of the paper by Xie and Yokota 2005, the type strain IAM 12664 is erroneously cited as IAM 12644 (see, Erratum in IJSEM Online).

Azohydromonas lata (Palleroni and Palleroni 1978) Xie and Yokota 2005, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 29712 = CIP 103458 = DSM 1122 = IAM 12599 = LMG 3321 = NBRC 102462.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB188125.
Basonym: ¤ Alcaligenes latus Palleroni and Palleroni 1978 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. fem. adj. lata, broad.
Reference: XIE (C.H.) and YOKOTA (A.): Reclassification of Alcaligenes latus strains IAM 12599T and IAM 12664 and Pseudomonas saccharophila as Azohydromonas lata gen. nov., comb. nov., Azohydromonas australica sp. nov. and Pelomonas saccharophila gen. nov., comb. nov., respectively. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 2419-2425.
Original article in IJSEM Online