Candidimonas

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

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (--->) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

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").

Candidimonas Vaz-Moreira et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Candidimonas nitroreducens Vaz-Moreira et al. 2011.
Etymology: L. adj. candidus -a -um, white; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Candidimonas, a unit (rod) that produces white colonies.
Reference: VAZ-MOREIRA (I.), FIGUEIRA (V.), LOPES (A.R.), DE BRANDT (E.), VANDAMME (P.), NUNES (O.C.) and MANAIA (C.M.): Candidimonas nitroreducens gen. nov., sp. nov. and Candidimonas humi sp. nov., isolated from sewage sludge compost. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2238-2246.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Candidimonas humi Vaz-Moreira et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain SC-092 = CCUG 55807 = LMG 24813.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FN556192.
Etymology: L. n. humus, earth, soil and, in earth sciences or agriculture, humus; L. gen. n. humi, of the soil, of the humus.
Reference: VAZ-MOREIRA (I.), FIGUEIRA (V.), LOPES (A.R.), DE BRANDT (E.), VANDAMME (P.), NUNES (O.C.) and MANAIA (C.M.): Candidimonas nitroreducens gen. nov., sp. nov. and Candidimonas humi sp. nov., isolated from sewage sludge compost. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2238-2246.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Candidimonas nitroreducens Vaz-Moreira et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain SC-089 = CCUG 55806 = LMG 24812.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FN556191.
Etymology: N.L. n. nitras -atis, nitrate; N.L. pref. nitro-, pertaining to nitrate; L. part. adj. reducens, leading back, bringing back and, in chemistry, converting to a different oxidation state; N.L. part. adj. nitroreducens, reducing nitrate.
Reference: VAZ-MOREIRA (I.), FIGUEIRA (V.), LOPES (A.R.), DE BRANDT (E.), VANDAMME (P.), NUNES (O.C.) and MANAIA (C.M.): Candidimonas nitroreducens gen. nov., sp. nov. and Candidimonas humi sp. nov., isolated from sewage sludge compost. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2238-2246.
Original article in IJSEM Online