Okibacterium

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

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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").

Okibacterium Evtushenko et al. 2002, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Okibacterium fritillariae Evtushenko et al. 2002.
Etymology: N.L. n. Oka, the name of the river; L. neut. n. bacterium, rod or staff and, in biology, a bacterium (so called because the first ones observed were rod-shaped); N.L. neut. n. Okibacterium, a bacterium isolated from plants occurring near the Oka river.
Reference: EVTUSHENKO (L.I.), DOROFEEVA (L.V.), KRAUSOVA (V.I.), GAVRISH (E.Y.), YASHINA (S.G.) and TAKEUCHI (M.): Okibacterium fritillariae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel genus of the family Microbacteriaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 987-993.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Okibacterium fritillariae Evtushenko et al. 2002, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain IFO (now NBRC) 16404 = JCM 12284 = VKM Ac-2059.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB042094.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. fritillariae, of Fritillaria, generic name of plant, the source of isolation of the type strain of the species.
Reference: EVTUSHENKO (L.I.), DOROFEEVA (L.V.), KRAUSOVA (V.I.), GAVRISH (E.Y.), YASHINA (S.G.) and TAKEUCHI (M.): Okibacterium fritillariae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel genus of the family Microbacteriaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 987-993.
Original article in IJSEM Online