Symbiobacterium

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

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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").

Symbiobacterium Ohno et al. 2000, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Symbiobacterium thermophilum Ohno et al. 2000.
Etymology: Gr. adj. symbios, living together, symbiotic; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Symbiobacterium, symbiotic small rod, referring to the growth dependence upon co-culture with other bacteria.
Reference: OHNO (M.), SHIRATORI (H.), PARK (M.J.), SAITOH (Y.), KUMON (Y.), YAMASHITA (N.), HIRATA (A.), NISHIDA (H.), UEDA (K.) and BEPPU (T.): Symbiobacterium thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a symbiotic thermophile that depends on co-culture with a Bacillus strain for growth. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1829-1832.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Symbiobacterium thermophilum Ohno et al. 2000, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain T = IAM 14863 = JCM 14929.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AP006840.
Etymology: Gr. n. thermê, heat: N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. neut. adj. thermophilum, heat-loving, referring to the optimum growth at a high temperature.
Reference: OHNO (M.), SHIRATORI (H.), PARK (M.J.), SAITOH (Y.), KUMON (Y.), YAMASHITA (N.), HIRATA (A.), NISHIDA (H.), UEDA (K.) and BEPPU (T.): Symbiobacterium thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a symbiotic thermophile that depends on co-culture with a Bacillus strain for growth. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1829-1832.
Original article in IJSEM Online