Limibacter

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

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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").

Limibacter Yoon et al. 2008, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Limibacter armeniacum Yoon et al. 2008.
Etymology: L. n. limus, mud; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod or staff; N.L. masc. n. Limibacter, rod from mud, referring to the isolation source of the first strains.
Reference: YOON (J.), MATSUO (Y.), KASAI (H.) and YOKOTA (A.): Limibacter armeniacum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of the family 'Flammeovirgaceae' isolated from marine sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 982-986.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: Limus is a Latin noun, not a Latin adjective as cited in the etymology provided in the paper by Yoon et al. 2008.

Limibacter armeniacum Yoon et al. 2008, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain YM11-185 = KCTC 22132 = MBIC08286.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB359907.
Etymology: L. neut. n. armeniacum (nominative in apposition), an apricot, a rod called the apricot, intended to mean apricot-coloured.
Reference: YOON (J.), MATSUO (Y.), KASAI (H.) and YOKOTA (A.): Limibacter armeniacum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of the family 'Flammeovirgaceae' isolated from marine sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 982-986.
Original article in IJSEM Online