Gracilibacter

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

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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").

Gracilibacter Lee et al. 2006, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Gracilibacteraceae Lee et al. 2010).
Type species: ¤ Gracilibacter thermotolerans Lee et al. 2006.
Etymology: L. adj. gracilis, slender; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod or staff; N.L. masc. n. Gracilibacter, slender rod, referring to its cell shape.
Reference: LEE (Y.J.), ROMANEK (C.S.), MILLS (G.L.), DAVIS (R.C.), WHITMAN (W.B.) and WIEGEL (J.): Gracilibacter thermotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thermotolerant bacterium from a constructed wetland receiving acid sulfate water. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2089-2093.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Gracilibacter thermotolerans Lee et al. 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain JW/YJL-S1 = ATCC BAA-1219 = DSM 17427.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ117465.
Etymology: Gr. n. thermê, heat; L. part. adj. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. thermotolerans, heat-tolerating.
Reference: LEE (Y.J.), ROMANEK (C.S.), MILLS (G.L.), DAVIS (R.C.), WHITMAN (W.B.) and WIEGEL (J.): Gracilibacter thermotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thermotolerant bacterium from a constructed wetland receiving acid sulfate water. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2089-2093.
Original article in IJSEM Online