Paucibacter

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

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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").

Paucibacter Rapala et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Paucibacter toxinivorans Rapala et al. 2005.
Etymology: L. adj. paucus, few, little; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Paucibacter, a rod that is content with a few carbon sources.
Reference: RAPALA (J.), BERG (K.A.), LYRA (C.), NIEMI (R.M.), MANZ (W.), SUOMALAINEN (S.), PAULIN (L.) and LAHTI (K.): Paucibacter toxinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium that degrades cyclic cyanobacterial hepatotoxins microcystins and nodularin. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1563-1568.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Paucibacter toxinivorans Rapala et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 2C20 = DSM 16998 = HAMBI 2767 = VYH 193597.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY515390.
Etymology: N.L. n. toxinum, toxin; L. part. adj. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. toxinivorans, eating toxins, pertaining to its ability to degrade cyanobacterial hepatotoxins.
Reference: RAPALA (J.), BERG (K.A.), LYRA (C.), NIEMI (R.M.), MANZ (W.), SUOMALAINEN (S.), PAULIN (L.) and LAHTI (K.): Paucibacter toxinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium that degrades cyclic cyanobacterial hepatotoxins microcystins and nodularin. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1563-1568.
Original article in IJSEM Online