Phocaeicola

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

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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").

Phocaeicola Al Masalma et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Phocaeicola abscessus Al Masalma et al. 2009.
Etymology: L. n. Phocaea, a maritime town of Ionia, modern-day Foça in Turkey; L. suff. -cola (from L. n. incola), inhabitant, dweller; N.L. masc. n. Phocaeicola, an inhabitant of Phocaea.
Reference: AL MASALMA (M.), RAOULT (D.) and ROUX (V.): Phocaeicola abscessus gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium isolated from a human brain abscess sample. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2232-2237.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Phocaeicola abscessus Al Masalma et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 7401987 = CCUG 55929 = CSUR P22 = DSM 21584 = JCM 16570.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU694176.
Etymology: L. gen. n. abscessus, of an abscess.
Reference: AL MASALMA (M.), RAOULT (D.) and ROUX (V.): Phocaeicola abscessus gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium isolated from a human brain abscess sample. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2232-2237.
Original article in IJSEM Online