Polynucleobacter

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 5
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 2

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

Polynucleobacter Heckmann and Schmidt 1987, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Polynucleobacter necessarius Heckmann and Schmidt 1987.
Etymology: Gr. adj. polus, many, numerous; L. masc. n. nucleus, a little nut, kernel; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. polynucleobacter, the rod (bacterium) with many nucleoids.
Reference: HECKMANN (K.) and SCHMIDT (H.J.): Polynucleobacter necessarius gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately endosymbiotic bacterium living in the cytoplasm of Euplotes aediculatus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1987, 37, 456-457.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Further concise information (in French)

---> Polynucleobacter Heckmann and Schmidt 1987 emend. Hahn et al. 2009.
Type species: ¤ Polynucleobacter necessarius Heckmann and Schmidt 1987 .
Etymology: Gr. adj. polus, many, numerous; L. masc. n. nucleus, a little nut, kernel; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. polynucleobacter, the rod (bacterium) with many nucleoids.
Reference: HAHN (M.W.), LANG (E.), BRANDT (U.), WU (Q.L.) and SCHEUERL (T.): Emended description of the genus Polynucleobacter and the species Polynucleobacter necessarius and proposal of two subspecies, P. necessarius subsp. necessarius subsp. nov. and P. necessarius subsp. asymbioticus subsp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2002-2009.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Polynucleobacter acidiphobus Hahn et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain MWH-PoolGreenA3 = CIP 110079 = DSM 21994.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FM208180.
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum (from L. adj. acidus, sour) an acid; Gr. suff. -phobos (from Gr. n. phobos, panic fear) having a horror; N.L. masc. adj. acidiphobus, acid-hating, referring to the observation that this species was never detected in acidic waters.
Reference: HAHN (M.W.), LANG (E.), BRANDT (U.) and SPRÖER (C.): Polynucleobacter acidiphobus sp. nov., a representative of an abundant group of planktonic freshwater bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 788-794.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Polynucleobacter cosmopolitanus Hahn et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain MWH-MoIso2 = CIP 109840 = DSM 21490 = LMG 25212.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ550672.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. cosmopolitanus (from Gr. adj. kosmopolites, an inhabitant of the world, a cosmopolitan), cosmopolitan.
Reference: HAHN (M.W.), LANG (E.), BRANDT (U.), LÜNSDORF (H.), WU (Q.L.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Polynucleobacter cosmopolitanus sp. nov., free-living planktonic bacteria inhabiting freshwater lakes and rivers. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 166-173.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Polynucleobacter difficilis Hahn et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain AM-8B5 = CIP 110078 = DSM 22349.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FM208181.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. difficilis, difficult, troublesome, referring to difficulties in cultivating the type strain.
Reference: HAHN (M.W.), MINASYAN (A.), LANG (E.), KOLL (U.) and SPRÖER (C.): Polynucleobacter difficilis sp. nov., a planktonic freshwater bacterium affiliated with subcluster B1 of the genus Polynucleobacter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 376-383.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Polynucleobacter necessarius Heckmann and Schmidt 1987, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): description (endosymbiont in stock 15 of Euplotes aediculatus, which is deposited at the ATCC (ATCC 30859).
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AM397067.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. necessarius, indispensable, necessary.
Reference: HECKMANN (K.) and SCHMIDT (H.J.): Polynucleobacter necessarius gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately endosymbiotic bacterium living in the cytoplasm of Euplotes aediculatus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1987, 37, 456-457.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Polynucleobacter necessarius Heckmann and Schmidt 1987 emend. Hahn et al. 2009.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): description [endosymbiont in stock 15 of Euplotes aediculatus, which is deposited at the ATCC (ATCC 30859)].
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AM397067.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. necessarius, indispensable, necessary.
Reference: HAHN (M.W.), LANG (E.), BRANDT (U.), WU (Q.L.) and SCHEUERL (T.): Emended description of the genus Polynucleobacter and the species Polynucleobacter necessarius and proposal of two subspecies, P. necessarius subsp. necessarius subsp. nov. and P. necessarius subsp. asymbioticus subsp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2002-2009.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: Subsequently, this species has been divided into subspecies (see: below).

Polynucleobacter necessarius subsp. asymbioticus Hahn et al. 2009, subsp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain QLW-P1DMWA-1 = CIP 109841 = DSM 18221.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ879783.
Etymology: Gr. pref a, not; N.L. adj. symbioticus -a -um, living together; N.L. masc. adj. asymbioticus, not symbiotic.
Reference: HAHN (M.W.), LANG (E.), BRANDT (U.), WU (Q.L.) and SCHEUERL (T.): Emended description of the genus Polynucleobacter and the species Polynucleobacter necessarius and proposal of two subspecies, P. necessarius subsp. necessarius subsp. nov. and P. necessarius subsp. asymbioticus subsp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2002-2009.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Polynucleobacter necessarius subsp. necessarius (Heckmann and Schmidt 1987) Hahn et al. 2009, subsp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): description [endosymbiont in stock 15 of Euplotes aediculatus, which is deposited at the ATCC (ATCC 30859)].
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AM397067.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. necessarius, indispensable, necessary.
Reference: HAHN (M.W.), LANG (E.), BRANDT (U.), WU (Q.L.) and SCHEUERL (T.): Emended description of the genus Polynucleobacter and the species Polynucleobacter necessarius and proposal of two subspecies, P. necessarius subsp. necessarius subsp. nov. and P. necessarius subsp. asymbioticus subsp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2002-2009.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The original autorship, Heckmann and Schmidt 1987, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d.
Reference: GARRITY (G.M.), LABEDA (D.P.) and OREN (A.): Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2775-2780.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Polynucleobacter rarus Hahn et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain MT-CBb6A5 = CIP 109928 = DSM 21648.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FM208182.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. rarus, rare, referring to the observation that this species represents a rare species, in contrast to the previously described species of the genus Polynucleobacter.
Reference: HAHN (M.W.), LANG (E.), TARAO (M.) and BRANDT (U.): Polynucleobacter rarus sp. nov., a free-living planktonic bacterium isolated from an acidic lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 781-787.
Original article in IJSEM Online