Persephonella

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

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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").

Persephonella Götz et al. 2002, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Persephonella marina Götz et al. 2002.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Persephonella (from L. n. Persephone -es), little Persephone, after the Greek mythological goddess, who spent half of each year in the Underworld and the other half on Earth.
Reference: GÖTZ (D.), BANTA (A.), BEVERIDGE (T.J.), RUSHDI (A.I.), SIMONEIT (B.R.T.) and REYSENBACH (A.L.): Persephonella marina gen. nov., sp. nov. and Persephonella guaymasensis sp. nov., two novel thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing microaerophiles from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1349-1359.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Persephonella guaymasensis Götz et al. 2002, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain EX-H2 = DSM 14351 = OCM 795.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF385630.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. guaymasensis, pertaining to the Guaymas Basin, Mexico, to depict the place of isolation.
Reference: GÖTZ (D.), BANTA (A.), BEVERIDGE (T.J.), RUSHDI (A.I.), SIMONEIT (B.R.T.) and REYSENBACH (A.L.): Persephonella marina gen. nov., sp. nov. and Persephonella guaymasensis sp. nov., two novel thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing microaerophiles from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1349-1359.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: In the paper by Götz et al. 2002, the type strain OCM 795 is erroneously cited as OCM 975.
Reference: WEISS (N.): Personal communication (October 11, 2002).

Persephonella hydrogeniphila Nakagawa et al. 2003, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 29W = DSM 15103 = JCM 11663.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB086419.
Etymology: N.L. n. hydrogenum (from Gr. n. hudôr, water; and Gr. v. gennaô, to produce), hydrogen (that which produces water, so called because it forms water when exposed to oxygen); N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. hydrogeniphila, hydrogen-loving, because growth depends on hydrogen.
Reference: NAKAGAWA (S.), TAKAI (K.), HORIKOSHI (K.) and SAKO (Y.): Persephonella hydrogeniphila sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 863-869.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Persephonella marina Götz et al. 2002, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain EX-H1 = DSM 14350 = OCM 794.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF188332.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. marina, of or belonging to the sea, marine.
Reference: GÖTZ (D.), BANTA (A.), BEVERIDGE (T.J.), RUSHDI (A.I.), SIMONEIT (B.R.T.) and REYSENBACH (A.L.): Persephonella marina gen. nov., sp. nov. and Persephonella guaymasensis sp. nov., two novel thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing microaerophiles from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1349-1359.
Original article in IJSEM Online