Georgfuchsia

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

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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").

Georgfuchsia Weelink et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Georgfuchsia toluolica Weelink et al. 2011.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Georgfuchsia, named after Georg Fuchs, for his contribution to our present understanding of anaerobic microbial growth on aromatic hydrocarbons.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 139. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1011-1013. [WEELINK (S.A.B.), VAN DOESBURG (W.), SAIA (F.T.), RIJPSTRA (W.I.C.), RÖLING (W.F.M.), SMIDT (H.) and STAMS (A.J.M.): A strictly anaerobic betaproteobacterium Georgfuchsia toluolica gen. nov., sp. nov. degrades aromatic compounds with Fe(III), Mn(IV) or nitrate as an electron acceptor. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol., 2009, 70, 575-585.]
Validation List N° 139 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Georgfuchsia toluolica Weelink et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain G5G6 = DSM 19032 = JCM 14632.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EF219370.
Etymology: N.L. n. toluol (from Fr. or Sp. tolu, balsam from Santiago de Tolu), toluol, toluene; L. fem. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. toluolica, pertaining to toluene.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 139. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1011-1013. [WEELINK (S.A.B.), VAN DOESBURG (W.), SAIA (F.T.), RIJPSTRA (W.I.C.), RÖLING (W.F.M.), SMIDT (H.) and STAMS (A.J.M.): A strictly anaerobic betaproteobacterium Georgfuchsia toluolica gen. nov., sp. nov. degrades aromatic compounds with Fe(III), Mn(IV) or nitrate as an electron acceptor. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol., 2009, 70, 575-585.]
Validation List N° 139 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Note: In the effective publication, the type strain DSM 19032 is cited as DSMZ 19032.