Ferruginibacter

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

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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").

Ferruginibacter Lim et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Ferruginibacter alkalilentus Lim et al. 2009.
Etymology: L. n. ferrugo -inis, iron-rust, the color of iron-rust, dark-red; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Ferruginibacter, rust-coloured rod.
Reference: LIM (J.H.), BAEK (S.H.) and LEE (S.T.): Ferruginibacter alkalilentus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ferruginibacter lapsinanis sp. nov., novel members of the family 'Chitinophagacea' in the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from freshwater sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2394-2399.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Ferruginibacter alkalilentus Lim et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain HU1-GD23 = KCTC 22306 = LMG 24312.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FJ177530.
Etymology: N.L. n. alkali (from Arabic article al, the; Arabic n. qaliy, ashes of saltwort), alkali; L. adj. lentus -a -um, slow, sluggish, indifferent, unconcerned, reluctant; N.L. masc. adj. alkalilentus, indifferent to alkaline solution, referring to negative reaction for the flexirubin-KOH test.
Reference: LIM (J.H.), BAEK (S.H.) and LEE (S.T.): Ferruginibacter alkalilentus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ferruginibacter lapsinanis sp. nov., novel members of the family 'Chitinophagaceae' in the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from freshwater sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2394-2399.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The Latin adjective lentus -a -um does not mean "tough, resistant" as cited in the paper by Lim et al. 2009.

Ferruginibacter lapsinanis Lim et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain HU1-HG42 = KCTC 22305 = LMG 24324.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FJ177532.
Etymology: L. n. lapsus -us, slipping, sliding, gliding; L. adj. inanis, empty, void; N.L. masc. adj. lapsinanis, void of gliding motility.
Reference: LIM (J.H.), BAEK (S.H.) and LEE (S.T.): Ferruginibacter alkalilentus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ferruginibacter lapsinanis sp. nov., novel members of the family 'Chitinophagaceae' in the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from freshwater sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2394-2399.
Original article in IJSEM Online