Octadecabacter

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Octadecabacter Gosink et al. 1998, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Octadecabacter arcticus Gosink et al. 1998.
Etymology: Gr. n. oktô, the number eight; Gr. n. dekas, the number ten; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Octadecabacter, an 18-carbon fatty acid-containing rod.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 64. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 327-328. [GOSINK (J.J.), HERWIG (R.P.) and STALEY (J.T.): Octadecabacter arcticus gen. nov., sp. nov., and O. antarcticus, sp. nov., nonpigmented, psychrophilic gas vacuolate bacteria from polar sea ice and water. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1997, 20, 356-365.]
Validation List N° 64 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Note: In Validation List n° 64, the title of the paper by Gosink et al. 1997 is erroneously cited as follows: Octadecabacter arcticus gen. nov., sp. nov., nonpigmented, psychrophilic gas vacuolate bacteria from polar sea ice and water.

Octadecabacter antarcticus Gosink et al. 1998, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 307 = CIP 106731.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: U14583.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. antarcticus, southern, antarctic.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 64. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 327-328. [GOSINK (J.J.), HERWIG (R.P.) and STALEY (J.T.): Octadecabacter arcticus gen. nov., sp. nov., and O. antarcticus, sp. nov., nonpigmented, psychrophilic gas vacuolate bacteria from polar sea ice and water. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1997, 20, 356-365.]
Validation List N° 64 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Octadecabacter arcticus Gosink et al. 1998, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 238 = CIP 106732.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: U73725.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. arcticus, northern, arctic.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 64. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 327-328. [GOSINK (J.J.), HERWIG (R.P.) and STALEY (J.T.): Octadecabacter arcticus gen. nov., sp. nov., and O. antarcticus, sp. nov., nonpigmented, psychrophilic gas vacuolate bacteria from polar sea ice and water. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1997, 20, 356-365.]
Validation List N° 64 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online