Geodermatophilus

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

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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").

Geodermatophilus Luedemann 1968, genus. (Type genus of the family ¤ Geodermatophilaceae Normand 2006).
Type species: ¤ Geodermatophilus obscurus Luedemann 1968 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. n. gê, earth; Gr. n. derma -atos, skin; N.L. masc. adj. philus (from Gr. masc. adj. philos), friend, loving; N.L. masc. n. Geodermatophilus, (bacteria) loving earth and skin (a group of microorganisms that live in the soil, yet that love the skin, by analogy to the genus Dermatophilus, the actinobacterial genus causing a skin disease, that has similar morphological features).
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [LUEDEMANN (G.M.): Geodermatophilus, a new genus of the Dermatophilaceae (Actinomycetales). Journal of Bacteriology, 1968, 96, 1848-1858.]

Geodermatophilus obscurus Luedemann 1968, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 25078 = DSM 43160 = IFO (now NBRC) 13315 = JCM 3152 = NRRL B-3577 = VKM Ac-658.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: CP001867 (complete genome).
Etymology: L. masc. adj. obscurus, dark, obscure, indistinct.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [LUEDEMANN (G.M.): Geodermatophilus, a new genus of the Dermatophilaceae (Actinomycetales). Journal of Bacteriology, 1968, 96, 1848-1858.]

Geodermatophilus ruber Zhang et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain CPCC 201356 = CCM 7619 = DSM 45317 = JCM 17967.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU438905.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. ruber, red.
Reference: ZHANG (Y.Q.), CHEN (J.), LIU (H.Y.), ZHANG (Y.Q.), LI (W.J.) and YU (L.Y.): Geodermatophilus ruber sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil of a medicinal plant. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 190-193.
Original article in IJSEM Online