Fangia

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

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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").

Fangia Lau et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Fangia hongkongensis Lau et al. 2007.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Fangia, named after Professor Xinfang Fang, founder of the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Reference: LAU (K.W.K.), REN (J.), FUNG (M.C.), WOO (P.C.Y.), YUEN (K.Y), CHAN (K.K.M.), QIAN (P.Y.), WONG (P.K.) and WU (M.): Fangia hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium of the order Thiotrichales isolated from coastal seawater of Hong Kong. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2665-2669.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Fangia hongkongensis Lau et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain UST040201-002 = JCM 14605 = NRRL B-41860.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB176554.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. hongkongensis, pertaining to Hong Kong SAR, PR China, where the bacterium was first isolated.
Reference: LAU (K.W.K.), REN (J.), FUNG (M.C.), WOO (P.C.Y.), YUEN (K.Y), CHAN (K.K.M.), QIAN (P.Y.), WONG (P.K.) and WU (M.): Fangia hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium of the order Thiotrichales isolated from coastal seawater of Hong Kong. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2665-2669.
Original article in IJSEM Online