Chthonomonas

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

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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").

Chthonomonas Lee et al. 2011, gen. nov. (Type genus of the order ¤ Chthonomonadales Lee et al. 2011; type genus of the family ¤ Chthonomonadaceae Lee et al. 2011).
Type species: ¤ Chthonomonas calidirosea Lee et al. 2011.
Etymology: Gr. n. chthōn chthonos, earth, soil, land; Gr. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Chthonomonas, a unit (bacterium) from soil.
Reference: LEE (K.C.Y.), DUNFIELD (P.F.), MORGAN (X.C.), CROWE (M.A.), HOUGHTON (K.M.), VYSSOTSKI (M.), RYAN (J.L.J.), LAGUTIN (K.), McDONALD (I.R.) and STOTT (M.B.): Chthonomonas calidirosea gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, pigmented, thermophilic micro-organism of a novel bacterial class, Chthonomonadetes classis nov., of the newly described phylum Armatimonadetes originally designated candidate division OP10. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2482-2490.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Chthonomonas calidirosea Lee et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain T49 = DSM 23976 = ICMP 18418.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AM749780.
Etymology: L. adj. calidus, warm, hot; L. adj. roseus -a -um, rose-coloured, rosy; N.L. fem. adj. calidirosea, hot and rosy.
Reference: LEE (K.C.Y.), DUNFIELD (P.F.), MORGAN (X.C.), CROWE (M.A.), HOUGHTON (K.M.), VYSSOTSKI (M.), RYAN (J.L.J.), LAGUTIN (K.), McDONALD (I.R.) and STOTT (M.B.): Chthonomonas calidirosea gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, pigmented, thermophilic micro-organism of a novel bacterial class, Chthonomonadetes classis nov., of the newly described phylum Armatimonadetes originally designated candidate division OP10. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2482-2490.
Original article in IJSEM Online