Tropicibacter

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Tropicibacter Harwati et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Tropicibacter naphthalenivorans Harwati et al. 2009.
Etymology: L. adj. tropicus, tropical, pertaining to the tropical zone of the Earth; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Tropicibacter, a rod belonging to the tropical zone.
Reference: HARWATI (T.U.), KASAI (Y.), KODAMA (Y.), SUSILANINGSIH (D.) and WATANABE (K.): Tropicibacter naphthalenivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from Semarang Port in Indonesia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 392-396.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Tropicibacter multivorans Lucena et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain MD5 = CECT 7557 = KCTC 23350.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FR727679.
Etymology: L. adj. multus, many, numerous; L. v. vorare, to devour, swallow; N.L. part. adj. multivorans, devouring many, referring to the utilization of numerous different substrates for growth.
Reference: LUCENA (T.), PUJALTE (M.J.), RUVIRA (M.A.), GARAY (E.), MACIÁN (M.C.) and ARAHAL (D.R.): Tropicibacter multivorans sp. nov., an aerobic alphaproteobacterium isolated from surface seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 844-848.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Tropicibacter naphthalenivorans Harwati et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain C02 = DSM 19561 = JCM 14838.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB302370.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. naphthalenum, naphthalene; L. part. adj. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. naphthalenivorans, degrading naphthalene.
Reference: HARWATI (T.U.), KASAI (Y.), KODAMA (Y.), SUSILANINGSIH (D.) and WATANABE (K.): Tropicibacter naphthalenivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from Semarang Port in Indonesia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 392-396.
Original article in IJSEM Online