Holophaga

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

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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").

Holophaga Liesack et al. 1995, gen. nov. (Type genus of the order ¤ Holophagales Fukunaga et al. 2008; type genus of the family ¤ Holophagaceae Fukunaga et al. 2008).
Type species: ¤ Holophaga foetida Liesack et al. 1995.
Etymology: Gr. adj. holos, entire; Gr. v. phagein, to eat; N.L. fem. n. Holophaga, eating all.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 52. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 197-198. [LIESACK (W.), BAK (F.), KREFT (J.U.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Holophaga foetida gen. nov., sp. nov., a new, homoacetogenic bacterium degrading methoxylated aromatic compounds. Arch. Microbiol., 1994, 162, 85-90.]
Validation List N° 52 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Holophaga foetida Liesack et al. 1995, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain TMBS4 = DSM 6591.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X77215.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. foetida, stinking, fetid, here referring to the production of malodorous methanethiol and dimethlysulfide.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 52. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 197-198. [LIESACK (W.), BAK (F.), KREFT (J.U.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Holophaga foetida gen. nov., sp. nov., a new, homoacetogenic bacterium degrading methoxylated aromatic compounds. Arch. Microbiol., 1994, 162, 85-90.]
Validation List N° 52 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online