Cyclobacterium

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

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (--->) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Number of species cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Cyclobacterium Raj and Maloy 1990, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Cyclobacteriaceae Nedashkovskaya and Ludwig 2012).
Type species: ¤ Cyclobacterium marinum corrig. (Raj 1976) Raj and Maloy 1990.
Etymology: Gr. n. kuklos, a circle; L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Cyclobacterium, a circle-shaped bacterium.
Reference: RAJ (H.D.) and MALOY (S.R.): Proposal of Cyclobacterium marinus gen. nov., comb. nov., for a marine bacterium previously assigned to the genus Flectobacillus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1990, 40, 337-347.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Cyclobacterium Raj and Maloy 1990 emend. Ying et al. 2006.
Type species: ¤ Cyclobacterium marinum corrig. (Raj 1976) Raj and Maloy 1990.
Etymology: Gr. n. kuklos, a circle; L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Cyclobacterium, a circle-shaped bacterium.
Reference: YING (J.Y.), WANG (B.J.), YANG (S.S.) and LIU (S.J.): Cyclobacterium lianum sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from sediment of an oilfield in the South China Sea, and emended description of the genus Cyclobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2927-2930.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Cyclobacterium amurskyense Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain KCTC 12363 = KMM 6143 = LMG 23026.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY960985.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. amurskyense, of or belonging to Amursky Bay, from which the type strain was isolated.
Reference: NEDASHKOVSKAYA (O.I.), KIM (S.B.), LEE (M.S.), PARK (M.S.), LEE (K.H.), LYSENKO (A.M.), OH (H.W.), MIKHAILOV (V.V.) and BAE (K.S.): Cyclobacterium amurskyense sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium isolated from sea water. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 2391-2394.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Cyclobacterium lianum Ying et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain HY9 = CGMCC 1.6102 = JCM 14011.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ534063.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. lianum, pertaining to Li, named in honour of Professor Ji-Lun Li, who devoted himself to microbiological research and education in China.
Reference: YING (J.Y.), WANG (B.J.), YANG (S.S.) and LIU (S.J.): Cyclobacterium lianum sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from sediment of an oilfield in the South China Sea, and emended description of the genus Cyclobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2927-2930.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Cyclobacterium marinum corrig. (Raj 1976) Raj and Maloy 1990, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Raj = ATCC 25205 = DSM 745 = LMG 13164.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY533665, CP002955 (complete genome).
Basonym: ¤ Flectobacillus marinus (Raj 1976) Borrall and Larkin 1978 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonym: "Microcyclus marinus" Raj 1976.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. marinum, of the sea, marine.
Reference: RAJ (H.D.) and MALOY (S.R.): Proposal of Cyclobacterium marinus gen. nov., comb. nov., for a marine bacterium previously assigned to the genus Flectobacillus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1990, 40, 337-347.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The original spelling of the specific epithet, marinus (sic), has been corrected by Euzéby 1998.
Reference: EUZÉBY (J.P.): Taxonomic note: necessary correction of specific and subspecific epithets according to Rules 12c and 13b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (1990 Revision). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 1073-1075.
Original article in IJSEM Online