Oleispira

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

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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").

Oleispira Yakimov et al. 2003, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Oleispira antarctica Yakimov et al. 2003.
Etymology: L. n. oleum, oil; Gr. fem. n. spira, a spire; N.L. fem. n. Oleispira, an oil-degrading, spiral-shaped organism.
Reference: YAKIMOV (M.M.), GIULIANO (L.), GENTILE (G.), CRISAFI (E.), CHERNIKOVA (T.N.), ABRAHAM (W.R.), LÜNSDORF (H.), TIMMIS (K.N.) and GOLYSHIN (P.N.): Oleispira antarctica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel hydrocarbonoclastic marine bacterium isolated from Antarctic coastal sea water. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 779-785.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Further concise information (in French)

Oleispira antarctica Yakimov et al. 2003, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain RB-8 = DSM 14852 = LMG 21398.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ426420.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. antarctica, of the Antarctic, where the organism was isolated.
Reference: YAKIMOV (M.M.), GIULIANO (L.), GENTILE (G.), CRISAFI (E.), CHERNIKOVA (T.N.), ABRAHAM (W.R.), LUNSDORF (H.), TIMMIS (K.N.) and GOLYSHIN (P.N.): Oleispira antarctica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel hydrocarbonoclastic marine bacterium isolated from Antarctic coastal sea water. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 779-785.
Original article in IJSEM Online