Iodobacter

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

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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").

Iodobacter Logan 1989, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Iodobacter fluviatilis corrig. Logan 1989.
Etymology: Gr. adj. ioeides, violet-colored; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Iodobacter, a violet-colored, small rod.
Reference: LOGAN (N.A.): Numerical taxonomy of violet-pigmented, gram-negative bacteria and description of Iodobacter fluviatile gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1989, 39, 450-456.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The nomenclatural name Ioeidobacter (Gr. adj. ioeides, violet-colored; N.L. bacter, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Ioeidobacter, a small violet-colored rod) seems better than Iodobacter.

Iodobacter fluviatilis corrig. (Moss et al. 1981) Logan 1989, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Logan C009 = 165 = ATCC 33051 = CCUG 30103 = CIP 103351 = DSM 3764 = JCM 9044 = LMG 6630 = NBRC 102505 = NCTC 11159.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: M22511.
Basonym: ¤ Chromobacterium fluviatile Moss et al. 1981.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. fluviatilis, of or belonging to a river.
Reference: LOGAN (N.A.): Numerical taxonomy of violet-pigmented, gram-negative bacteria and description of Iodobacter fluviatile gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1989, 39, 450-456.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The original spelling, Iodobacter fluviatile (sic), has been corrected by Euzéby 1997.
Reference: EUZÉBY (J.P.): Revised nomenclature of specific or subspecific epithets that do not agree in gender with generic names that end in -bacter. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 585.
Original article in IJSEM Online