Kistimonas

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

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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").

Kistimonas Choi et al. 2010, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Kistimonas asteriae Choi et al. 2010.
Etymology: N.L. n. kistum, acronym of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST); L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Kistimonas, Kist monad.
Reference: CHOI (E.J.), KWON (H.C.), SOHN (Y.C.) and YANG (H.O.): Kistimonas asteriae gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from Asterias amurensis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 938-943.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Kistimonas asteriae Choi et al. 2010, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain KMD 001 = JCM 15607 = KCCM 90076.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU599216.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. asteriae, of Asterias amurensis, a starfish.
Reference: CHOI (E.J.), KWON (H.C.), SOHN (Y.C.) and YANG (H.O.): Kistimonas asteriae gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from Asterias amurensis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 938-943.
Original article in IJSEM Online