Prosthecobacter

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 5
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Prosthecobacter (ex Staley et al. 1976) Staley et al. 1980, gen. nov., nom. rev.
Type species: ¤ Prosthecobacter fusiformis (ex Staley et al. 1976) Staley et al. 1980.
Synonym: "Prosthecobacter" Staley et al. 1976.
Etymology: Gr. n. prosthece, appendage; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Prosthecobacter, appendage(d) rod.
Reference: STALEY (J.T.), DE BONT (J.A.M.) and DE JONGE (K.): Prosthecobacter fusiformis gen. and sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 595.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Prosthecobacter (ex Staley et al. 1976) Staley et al. 1980 emend. Takeda et al. 2008.
Type species: ¤ Prosthecobacter fusiformis (ex Staley et al. 1976) Staley et al. 1980.
Synonym: "Prosthecobacter" Staley et al. 1976.
Etymology: Gr. n. prosthece, appendage; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Prosthecobacter, appendage(d) rod.
Reference: TAKEDA (M.), YONEYA (A.), MIYAZAKI (Y.), KONDO (K.), MAKITA (H.), KONDOH (M.), SUZUKI (I.) and KOIZUMI (J.): Prosthecobacter fluviatilis sp. nov., which lacks the bacterial tubulin btubA and btubB genes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1561-1565.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Prosthecobacter debontii Hedlund et al. 1998, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain FC3 = ATCC 700200.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: U60014.
Etymology: N.L. masc. gen. n. debontii, of de Bont, named in honor of J.A.M. de Bont, a Dutch microbiologist who isolated and described the first member of the genus, Prosthecobacter fusiformis (FC4).
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 64. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 327-328. [HEDLUND (B.P.), GOSINK (J.J.) and STALEY (J.T.): Verrucomicrobia div. nov., a new division of the Bacteria containing three new species of Prosthecobacter. Antonie Leeuwenhoek, 1997, 72, 29-38.]
Validation List N° 64 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Prosthecobacter dejongeii Hedlund et al. 1998, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain FC1 = ATCC 27091.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: U60012.
Etymology: N.L. masc. gen. n. dejongeii, of de Jonge, named in honor of Klaaske de Jonge, a Dutch microbiologist who studied Prosthecobacter.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 64. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 327-328. [HEDLUND (B.P.), GOSINK (J.J.) and STALEY (J.T.): Verrucomicrobia div. nov., a new division of the Bacteria containing three new species of Prosthecobacter. Antonie Leeuwenhoek, 1997, 72, 29-38.]
Validation List N° 64 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Prosthecobacter fluviatilis Takeda et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain HAQ-1 = JCM 14805 = KACC 12649 = KCTC 22182.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB305640.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. fluviatilis, of or belonging to a river.
Reference: TAKEDA (M.), YONEYA (A.), MIYAZAKI (Y.), KONDO (K.), MAKITA (H.), KONDOH (M.), SUZUKI (I.) and KOIZUMI (J.): Prosthecobacter fluviatilis sp. nov., which lacks the bacterial tubulin btubA and btubB genes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1561-1565.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Prosthecobacter fusiformis (ex Staley et al. 1976) Staley et al. 1980, sp. nov., nom. rev. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain FC4 = ATCC 25309.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: U60015.
Synonym: "Prosthecobacter fusiformis" Staley et al. 1976.
Etymology: L. n. fusus, spindle; L. masc. adj. suffix -formis (from L. n. forma, shape, form) -like, in the shape of; N.L. masc. adj. fusiformis, spindle-shaped.
Reference: STALEY (J.T.), DE BONT (J.A.M.) and DE JONGE (K.): Prosthecobacter fusiformis gen. and sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 595.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Prosthecobacter vanneervenii Hedlund et al. 1998, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain FC2 = ATCC 700199.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: U60013.
Etymology: N.L. masc. gen. n. vanneervenii, of van Neerven, named in honor of Alex van Neerven, a Dutch microbiologist who studied Prosthecobacter and other prosthecate bacteria.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 64. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 327-328. [HEDLUND (B.P.), GOSINK (J.J.) and STALEY (J.T.): Verrucomicrobia div. nov., a new division of the Bacteria containing three new species of Prosthecobacter. Antonie Leeuwenhoek, 1997, 72, 29-38.]
Validation List N° 64 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online