Prolinoborus

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

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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").

Prolinoborus Pot et al. 1992, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Prolinoborus fasciculus (Strength et al. 1976) Pot et al. 1992.
Etymology: N.L. n. prolinum, the amino acid proline; Gr. adj. boros, gluttonous, voracious N.L. masc. n. Prolinoborus (bacteria) that readily consume proline.
Reference: POT (B.), WILLEMS (A.), GILLIS (M.) and DE LEY (J.): Intra- and intergeneric relationships of the genus Aquaspirillum: Prolinoborus, a new genus for Aquaspirillum fasciculus, with the species Prolinoborus fasciculus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1992, 42, 44-57.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Prolinoborus fasciculus (Strength et al. 1976) Pot et al. 1992, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 27740 = CIP 103579 = LMG 12892.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: JN175353.
Basonym: ¤ Aquaspirillum fasciculus Strength et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. masc. dim. n. fasciculus, a small bundle.
Reference: POT (B.), WILLEMS (A.), GILLIS (M.) and DE LEY (J.): Intra- and intergeneric relationships of the genus Aquaspirillum: Prolinoborus, a new genus for Aquaspirillum fasciculus, with the species Prolinoborus fasciculus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1992, 42, 44-57.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: In the paper by Pot et al. 1992, the type strain LMG 12892 is cited as LMG 6233.