Hongia

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

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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").

Hongia Lee et al. 2000, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Hongia koreensis Lee et al. 2000.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Hongia, named after Soon-Woo Hong (1927-1988), a Korean microbiologist who devoted his life to the study of soil micro-organisms.
Reference: LEE (S.D.), KANG (S.O.) and HAH (Y.C.): Hongia gen. nov., a new genus of the order Actinomycetales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 191-199.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> ¤ Kribbella Park et al. 1999 emend. Sohn et al. 2003.

Note: Sohn et al. 2003 propose to transfer ¤ Hongia koreensis Lee et al. 2000 (the type species of the genus Hongia) to the genus ¤ Kribbella as ¤ Kribbella koreensis (Lee et al. 2000) Sohn et al. 2003, comb. nov. According to Rule 37a, bacteriologists adhering to this proposal must change the name Hongia to ¤ Kribbella.
Reference: SOHN (K.), HONG (S.G.), BAE (K.S.) and CHUN (J.): Transfer of Hongia koreensis Lee et al. 2000 to the genus Kribbella Park et al. 1999 as Kribbella koreensis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1005-1007.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Hongia koreensis Lee et al. 2000, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain LM 161 = IMSNU 50530 = JCM 10977 = NBRC 101069.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: Y09159.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. koreensis, pertaining to Korea, the location of the soil sample from which the type strain was isolated.
Reference: LEE (S.D.), KANG (S.O.) and HAH (Y.C.): Hongia gen. nov., a new genus of the order Actinomycetales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 191-199.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> ¤ Kribbella koreensis (Lee et al. 2000) Sohn et al. 2003, comb. nov.