Gallaecimonas

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

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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").

Gallaecimonas Rodríguez-blanco et al. 2010, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Gallaecimonas pentaromativorans Rodríguez-blanco et al. 2010.
Etymology: L. n. Gallaecia, the country of the Gallaeci, now Galicia, a region of north-west Spain; L. fem. n. monas, a monad, unit; N.L. fem. n. Gallaecimonas, single microbe isolated from Galicia.
Reference: RODRÍGUEZ-BLANCO (A.), VETION (G.), ESCANDE (M.L.), DELILLE (D.) and GHIGLIONE (J.F.): Gallaecimonas pentaromativorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium carrying 16S rRNA gene heterogeneity and able to degrade high-molecular-mass polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 504-509.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Gallaecimonas pentaromativorans Rodríguez-blanco et al. 2010, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain CEE_131 = CECT 7479 = DSM 21945.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FM955223, FM955224, FM955225, FM955226 and FM955227.
Etymology: Gr. numeral pente, five; L. n. aroma -atis, spice; L. v. voro, to devour; N.L. part. adj. pentaromativorans, degrading/devouring aromatic compounds with five rings.
Reference: RODRÍGUEZ-BLANCO (A.), VETION (G.), ESCANDE (M.L.), DELILLE (D.) and GHIGLIONE (J.F.): Gallaecimonas pentaromativorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium carrying 16S rRNA gene heterogeneity and able to degrade high-molecular-mass polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 504-509.
Original article in IJSEM Online