Leptobacterium

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

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (--->) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

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").

Leptobacterium Mitra et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Leptobacterium flavescens Mitra et al. 2009.
Etymology: Gr. adj. leptos, thin, fine, narrow; L. neut. n. bacterium, rod; N.L. neut. n. Leptobacterium, a slender rod.
Reference: MITRA (S.), MATSUO (Y.), HAGA (T.), YASUMOTO-HIROSE (M.), YOON (J.), KASAI (H.) and YOKOTA (A.): Leptobacterium flavescens gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from marine sponge and seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 207-212.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Leptobacterium flavescens Mitra et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain YM3-301 = KCTC 22160 = MBIC 06275 = NBRC 104141.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB362212.
Etymology: L. part. adj. flavescens, becoming golden-yellow.
Reference: MITRA (S.), MATSUO (Y.), HAGA (T.), YASUMOTO-HIROSE (M.), YOON (J.), KASAI (H.) and YOKOTA (A.): Leptobacterium flavescens gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from marine sponge and seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 207-212.
Original article in IJSEM Online