Erythromicrobium

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

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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").

Erythromicrobium Yurkov et al. 1994, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Erythromicrobium ramosum Yurkov et al. 1994.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Erm. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. adj. eruthros, red; N.L. neut. n. microbium, a microbe; N.L. neut. n. Erythromicrobium, red microbe.
Reference: YURKOV (V.), STACKEBRANDT (E.), HOLMES (A.), FUERST (J.A.), HUGENHOLTZ (P.), GOLECKI (J.), GAD'ON (N.), GORLENKO (V.M.), KOMPANTSEVA (E.I.) and DREWS (G.): Phylogenetic positions of novel aerobic, bacteriochlorophyll a-containing bacteria and description of Roseococcus thiosulfatophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., Erythromicrobium ramosum gen. nov., sp. nov., and Erythrobacter litoralis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 427-434.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Erythromicrobium ramosum Yurkov et al. 1994, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain E5 = ATCC 700003 = CIP 106927 = DSM 8510 = JCM 10282 = NBRC 102621.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF465837.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. ramosum, having many branches, branching, referring to the morphology of the cells.
Reference: YURKOV (V.), STACKEBRANDT (E.), HOLMES (A.), FUERST (J.A.), HUGENHOLTZ (P.), GOLECKI (J.), GAD'ON (N.), GORLENKO (V.M.), KOMPANTSEVA (E.I.) and DREWS (G.): Phylogenetic positions of novel aerobic, bacteriochlorophyll a-containing bacteria and description of Roseococcus thiosulfatophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., Erythromicrobium ramosum gen. nov., sp. nov., and Erythrobacter litoralis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 427-434.
Original article in IJSEM Online