Neptuniibacter

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Neptuniibacter Arahal et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Neptuniibacter caesariensis Arahal et al. 2007.
Etymology: L. adj. Neptunius, Neptunian, pertaining to Neptune, Roman god of the sea; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Neptuniibacter, a Neptunian rod, referring to the habitat of the bacteria.
Reference: ARAHAL (D.R.), LEKUNBERRI (I.), GONZÁLEZ (J.M.), PASCUAL (J.), PUJALTE (M.J.), PEDRÓS-ALIÓ (C.) and PINHASSI (J.): Neptuniibacter caesariensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine genome-sequenced gammaproteobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1000-1006.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Neptuniibacter Arahal et al. 2007 emend. Chen et al. 2012.
Type species: ¤ Neptuniibacter caesariensis Arahal et al. 2007.
Etymology: L. adj. Neptunius, Neptunian, pertaining to Neptune, Roman god of the sea; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Neptuniibacter, a Neptunian rod, referring to the habitat of the bacteria.
Reference: CHEN (M.H.), SHEU (S.Y.), CHIU (T.F.) and CHEN (W.M.): Neptuniibacter halophilus sp. nov., isolated from a salt pan, and emended description of the genus Neptuniibacter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1104-1109.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Further concise information (in French)

Neptuniibacter caesariensis Arahal et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain MED92 = CCUG 52065 = CECT 7075.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY136116.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. caesariensis, pertaining to Caesaria, as the isolate was found close to the Roman city Caesaria maritima, south of Haifa in present day Israel.
Reference: ARAHAL (D.R.), LEKUNBERRI (I.), GONZÁLEZ (J.M.), PASCUAL (J.), PUJALTE (M.J.), PEDRÓS-ALIÓ (C.) and PINHASSI (J.): Neptuniibacter caesariensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine genome-sequenced gammaproteobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1000-1006.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Further concise information (in French)

Neptuniibacter halophilus Chen et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain antisso-13 = BCRC 80079 = LMG 25378.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: GQ131677.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving.
Reference: CHEN (M.H.), SHEU (S.Y.), CHIU (T.F.) and CHEN (W.M.): Neptuniibacter halophilus sp. nov., isolated from a salt pan, and emended description of the genus Neptuniibacter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1104-1109.
Original article in IJSEM Online