Filimonas

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

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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").

Filimonas Shiratori et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Filimonas lacunae Shiratori et al. 2009.
Etymology: L. n. filum, a thread; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, a monad; N.L. fem. n. Filimonas, a thread-like monad.
Reference: SHIRATORI (H.), TAGAMI (Y.), MORISHITA (T.), KAMIHARA (Y.), BEPPU (T.) and UEDA (K.): Filimonas lacunae gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from fresh water. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1137-1142.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Filimonas lacunae Shiratori et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain YT21 = YT0021 = DSM 21054 = NBRC 104114.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB362776.
Etymology: L. gen. n. lacunae, of a pool, referring to the isolation of the type strain from shallow fresh water.
Reference: SHIRATORI (H.), TAGAMI (Y.), MORISHITA (T.), KAMIHARA (Y.), BEPPU (T.) and UEDA (K.): Filimonas lacunae gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from fresh water. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1137-1142.
Original article in IJSEM Online