Hoeflea

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Hoeflea Peix et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Hoeflea marina Peix et al. 2005.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Hoeflea, honouring Manfred Höfle, German microbiologist, in recognition of his contribution to the taxonomy of marine bacteria.
Reference: PEIX (A.), RIVAS (R.), TRUJILLO (M.E.), VANCANNEYT (M.), VELÁZQUEZ (E.) and WILLEMS (A.): Reclassification of Agrobacterium ferrugineum LMG 128 as Hoeflea marina gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1163-1166.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Hoeflea alexandrii Palacios et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain AM1V30 = CECT 5682 = DSM 16655.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ786600.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. alexandrii, of Alexandrium, the genus name of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum, the source of isolation of the type strain.
Reference: PALACIOS (L.), ARAHAL (D.R.), REGUERA (B.) and MARÍN (I.): Hoeflea alexandrii sp. nov., isolated from the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum AL1V. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1991-1995.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Hoeflea anabaenae Stevenson et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain WH2K = CCUG 56626 = NRRL B-59520.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ364238.
Etymology: N.L. fem. gen. n. anabaenae, of Anabaena, a cyanobacterium, from which the type strain was isolated.
Reference: STEVENSON (B.S.), SUFLITA (M.T.), STAMPS (B.W.), MOORE (E.R.B.), JOHNSON (C.N.) and LAWSON (P.A.): Hoeflea anabaenae sp. nov., an epiphytic symbiont that attaches to the heterocysts of a strain of Anabaena. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2439-2444.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Hoeflea marina Peix et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 25654 = LMG 128.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY598817.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. marina, of the sea, marine, referring to the isolation source of this micro-organism, sea water.
Reference: PEIX (A.), RIVAS (R.), TRUJILLO (M.E.), VANCANNEYT (M.), VELÁZQUEZ (E.) and WILLEMS (A.): Reclassification of Agrobacterium ferrugineum LMG 128 as Hoeflea marina gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1163-1166.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Hoeflea phototrophica Biebl et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain DFL-43 = DSM 17068 = NCIMB 14078.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ582088.
Etymology: Gr. n. phos photos, light; Gr. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending or feeding; N.L. fem. adj. phototrophica, referring to the likely ability to use light for energy generation.
Reference: BIEBL (H.), TINDALL (B.J.), PUKALL (R.), LÜNSDORF (H.), ALLGAIER (M.) and WAGNER-DÖBLER (I.): Hoeflea phototrophica sp. nov., a novel marine aerobic alphaproteobacterium that forms bacteriochlorophyll a. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 821-826.
Original article in IJSEM Online