Roseiflexus

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

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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").

Roseiflexus Hanada et al. 2002, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Roseiflexus castenholzii Hanada et al. 2002.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Rof. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: L. adj. roseus, rose-coloured; L. masc. n. flexus, a bending, turning; N.L. masc. n. Roseiflexus, rose-coloured bending.
Reference: HANADA (S.), TAKAICHI (S.), MATSUURA (K.) and NAKAMURA (K.): Roseiflexus castenholzii gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, filamentous, photosynthetic bacterium that lacks chlorosomes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 187-193.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Roseiflexus castenholzii Hanada et al. 2002, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain HLO8 = DSM 13941 = JCM 11240 = NBRC 100045.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB041226.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. castenholzii, of Castenholz, named after Richard W. Castenholz, an American microbiologist who notably contributed to our knowledge of thermophilic filamentous phototrophs.
Reference: HANADA (S.), TAKAICHI (S.), MATSUURA (K.) and NAKAMURA (K.): Roseiflexus castenholzii gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, filamentous, photosynthetic bacterium that lacks chlorosomes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 187-193.
Original article in IJSEM Online