Demetria

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

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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").

Demetria Groth et al. 1997, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Demetria terragena Groth et al. 1997.
Etymology: Gr. fem. n. Dêmêtêr, Greek female god of agriculture and wives; L. fem. suff. -ia, suff. denoting belonging to; N.L. fem. n. Dernetria, belonging to Dêmêtêr, intended to mean a bacterium being responsible for fertility.
Reference: GROTH (I.), SCHUMANN (P.), RAINEY (F.A.), MARTIN (K.), SCHUETZE (B.) and AUGSTEN (K.): Demetria terragena gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of actinomycetes isolated from compost soil. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 1129-1133.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Demetria terragena Groth et al. 1997, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain HKI 0089 = CIP 105501 = DSM 11295 = IFO (now NBRC) 16164 = JCM 11480.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: Y14152.
Etymology: L. n. terra, soil; L. suff. -genus -a -um, suffix denoting an origin; N.L. fem. adj. terragena, coming from soil.
Reference: GROTH (I.), SCHUMANN (P.), RAINEY (F.A.), MARTIN (K.), SCHUETZE (B.) and AUGSTEN (K.): Demetria terragena gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of actinomycetes isolated from compost soil. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 1129-1133.
Original article in IJSEM Online