Geosporobacter

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

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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").

Geosporobacter Klouche et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Geosporobacter subterraneus Klouche et al. 2007.
Etymology: Gr. n. ge, the earth; Gr. n. spora, a seed and, in biology, a spore; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Geosporobacter, a sporulated rod from the earth.
Reference: KLOUCHE (N.), FARDEAU (M.L.), LASCOURRÈGES (J.F.), CAYOL (J.L.), HACENE (H.), THOMAS (P.) and MAGOT (M.): Geosporobacter subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov., a spore-forming bacterium isolated from a deep subsurface aquifer. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1757-1761.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Geosporobacter subterraneus Klouche et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain VNs68 = DSM 17957 = JCM 14037.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ643978.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. subterraneus, underground, subterranean.
Reference: KLOUCHE (N.), FARDEAU (M.L.), LASCOURRÈGES (J.F.), CAYOL (J.L.), HACENE (H.), THOMAS (P.) and MAGOT (M.): Geosporobacter subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov., a spore-forming bacterium isolated from a deep subsurface aquifer. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1757-1761.
Original article in IJSEM Online