Hydrogenimonas

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

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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").

Hydrogenimonas Takai et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Hydrogenimonas thermophila Takai et al. 2004.
Etymology: N.L. n. hydrogenum (from Gr. n. hudôr, water; and Gr. v. gennaô, to produce), hydrogen (that which produces water, so called because it forms water when exposed to oxygen); Gr. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Hydrogenimonas, hydrogen monad.
Reference: TAKAI (K.), NEALSON (K.H.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Hydrogenimonas thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the ε-Proteobacteria, isolated from a black smoker in a Central Indian Ridge hydrothermal field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 25-32.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The neo-Latin noun hydrogenium, cited in the etymology provided by Takai et al. 2004, should be changed to hydrogenum (without i).

Hydrogenimonas thermophila Takai et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain EP1-55-1% = ATCC BAA-737 = JCM 11971.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB105048.
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. thermophila, heat-loving.
Reference: TAKAI (K.), NEALSON (K.H.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Hydrogenimonas thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the ε-Proteobacteria, isolated from a black smoker in a Central Indian Ridge hydrothermal field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 25-32.
Original article in IJSEM Online