Gracilimonas

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

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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").

Gracilimonas Choi et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Gracilimonas tropica Choi et al. 2009.
Etymology: L. adj. gracilis, slender, thin; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Gracilimonas, thin unit (bacterium), relating to its shape.
Reference: CHOI (D.H.), ZHANG (G.I.), NOH (J.H.), KIM (W.S.) and CHO (B.C.): Gracilimonas tropica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a Synechococcus culture. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1167-1172.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Gracilimonas tropica Choi et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain CL-CB462 = DSM 19535 = KCCM 90063.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EF988655.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. tropica, tropical, of or pertaining to the tropic(s), relating to its isolation from a tropical ocean.
Reference: CHOI (D.H.), ZHANG (G.I.), NOH (J.H.), KIM (W.S.) and CHO (B.C.): Gracilimonas tropica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a Synechococcus culture. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1167-1172.
Original article in IJSEM Online