Pelospora

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

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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").

Pelospora Matthies et al. 2000, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Pelospora glutarica Matthies et al. 2000.
Etymology: Gr. n. pelos, mud; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed, and in biology a spore; N.L. fem. n. Pelospora, a sporeforming bacterium originating from mud.
Reference: MATTHIES (C.), SPRINGER (N.), LUDWIG (W.) and SCHINK (B.): Pelospora glutarica gen. nov., sp. nov., a glutarate-fermenting, strictly anaerobic, spore-forming bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 645-648.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Pelospora glutarica Matthies et al. 2000, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain WoGl3 = ATCC BAA-162 = DSM 6652.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ251214.
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum glutaricum, glutaric acid; N.L. fem. adj. glutarica, referring to glutarate as the key substrate of this species.
Reference: MATTHIES (C.), SPRINGER (N.), LUDWIG (W.) and SCHINK (B.): Pelospora glutarica gen. nov., sp. nov., a glutarate-fermenting, strictly anaerobic, spore-forming bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 645-648.
Original article in IJSEM Online