Neptunomonas

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Neptunomonas Hedlund et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Neptunomonas naphthovorans Hedlund et al. 1999.
Etymology: L. n. Neptunus, Neptune, the Roman god of the sea; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Neptunomonas, Neptune's monad.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 71. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1325-1326. [HEDLUND (B.P.), GEISELBRECHT (A.D.), BAIR (T.J.) and STALEY (J.T.): Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation by a new marine bacterium, Neptunomonas naphthovorans gen. nov., sp. nov. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 1999, 65, 251-259.]
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Further concise information (in French)

Neptunomonas antarctica Zhang et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain S3-22 = CCTCC AB 209086 = KACC 14056.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FJ713802.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. antarctica, southern, and by extension pertaining to Antarctic, the geographical origin of the type strain.
Reference: ZHANG (X.Y.), ZHANG (Y.J.), YU (Y.), LI (H.J.), GAO (Z.M.), CHEN (X.L.), CHEN (B.) and ZHANG (Y.Z.): Neptunomonas antarctica sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1958-1961.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Neptunomonas japonica Miyazaki et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain JAMM 0745 = DSM 18939 = JCM 14595.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB288092.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. japonica, Japan, pertaining to Japan, where the isolate originated.
Reference: MIYAZAKI (M.), NOGI (Y.), FUJIWARA (Y.), KAWATO (M.), KUBOKAWA (K.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Neptunomonas japonica sp. nov., an Osedax japonicus symbiont-like bacterium isolated from sediment adjacent to sperm whale carcasses off Kagoshima, Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 866-871.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Neptunomonas naphthovorans Hedlund et al. 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain NAG-2N-126 = ATCC 700637 = CIP 106451 = NBRC 101991.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF053734.
Etymology: N.L. suff. naphtho-, combining form of naphthalene, a white, crystalline hydrocarbon; L. part. adj. vorans, eating, devouring; N.L. part. adj. naphthovorans, naphthalene-devouring.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 71. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1325-1326. [HEDLUND (B.P.), GEISELBRECHT (A.D.), BAIR (T.J.) and STALEY (J.T.): Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation by a new marine bacterium, Neptunomonas naphthovorans gen. nov., sp. nov. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 1999, 65, 251-259.]
Validation List N° 71 in IJSEM Online (PDF Format) - Effective publication Online