Leeuwenhoekiella

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Leeuwenhoekiella Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Leeuwenhoekiella marinoflava (Reichenbach 1989) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Leeuwenhoekiella, named in honour of the famous Dutchman Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), discoverer of micro-organisms.
Reference: NEDASHKOVSKAYA (O.I.), VANCANNEYT (M.), DAWYNDT (P.), ENGELBEEN (K.), VANDEMEULEBROECKE (K.), CLEENWERCK (I.), HOSTE (B.), MERGAERT (J.), TAN (T.L.), FROLOVA (G.M.), MIKHAILOV (V.V.) and SWINGS (J.): Reclassification of [Cytophaga] marinoflava Reichenbach 1989 as Leeuwenhoekiella marinoflava gen. nov., comb. nov. and description of Leeuwenhoekiella aequorea sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1033-1038.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The genus name Leeuwenhoekiella is a noun in the nominative case, and it does not mean "of Leeuwenhoek" as cited in the paper by Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005.

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Leeuwenhoekiella aequorea Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain CCUG 50091 = LMG 22550.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ278780.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. aequorea, of the sea, marine.
Reference: NEDASHKOVSKAYA (O.I.), VANCANNEYT (M.), DAWYNDT (P.), ENGELBEEN (K.), VANDEMEULEBROECKE (K.), CLEENWERCK (I.), HOSTE (B.), MERGAERT (J.), TAN (T.L.), FROLOVA (G.M.), MIKHAILOV (V.V.) and SWINGS (J.): Reclassification of [Cytophaga] marinoflava Reichenbach 1989 as Leeuwenhoekiella marinoflava gen. nov., comb. nov. and description of Leeuwenhoekiella aequorea sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1033-1038.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Leeuwenhoekiella blandensis Pinhassi et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain MED 217 = CCUG 51940 = CECT 7118.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ294291.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. blandensis, pertaining to Blande or Blanda, the name the Romans used for the city of Blanes, which has given its name to the Bay of Blanes, where the type strain was isolated.
Reference: PINHASSI (J.), BOWMAN (J.P.), NEDASHKOVSKAYA (O.I.), LEKUNBERRI (I.), GOMEZ-CONSARNAU (L.) and PEDRÓS-ALIÓ (C.): Leeuwenhoekiella blandensis sp. nov., a genome-sequenced marine member of the family Flavobacteriaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1489-1493.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Leeuwenhoekiella marinoflava (Reichenbach 1989) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 19326 = DSM 3653 = JCM 8517 = LMG 1345 = NBRC 14170 = NCIMB 397.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF203475.
Basonym: ¤ Cytophaga marinoflava (ex Colwell et al. 1966) Reichenbach 1989.
Other synonym: "Cytophaga marinoflava" Colwell et al. 1966.
Etymology: L. adj. marinus, marine; L. adj. flavus, golden yellow; N.L. fem. adj. marinoflava, marine and yellow-pigmented.
Reference: NEDASHKOVSKAYA (O.I.), VANCANNEYT (M.), DAWYNDT (P.), ENGELBEEN (K.), VANDEMEULEBROECKE (K.), CLEENWERCK (I.), HOSTE (B.), MERGAERT (J.), TAN (T.L.), FROLOVA (G.M.), MIKHAILOV (V.V.) and SWINGS (J.): Reclassification of [Cytophaga] marinoflava Reichenbach 1989 as Leeuwenhoekiella marinoflava gen. nov., comb. nov. and description of Leeuwenhoekiella aequorea sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1033-1038.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Leeuwenhoekiella palythoae Nedashkovskaya et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain KCTC 22020 = KMM 6264 = LMG 24856.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FJ405187.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. palythoae, of Palythoa, the genus of coral from which the type strain was isolated.
Reference: NEDASHKOVSKAYA (O.I.), VANCANNEYT (M.), KIM (S.B.), ZHUKOVA (N.V.), HAN (J.H.) and MIKHAILOV (V.V.): Leeuwenhoekiella palythoae sp. nov., a new member of the family Flavobacteriaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 3074-3077.
Original article in IJSEM Online