Pelagibacterium

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

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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").

Pelagibacterium Xu et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Pelagibacterium halotolerans Xu et al. 2011.
Etymology: L. n. pelagus, the sea; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Pelagibacterium, a rod isolated from the sea.
Reference: XU (X.W.), HUO (Y.Y.), WANG (C.S.), OREN (A.), CUI (H.L.), VEDLER (E.) and WU (M.): Pelagibacterium halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Pelagibacterium luteolum sp. nov., novel members of the family Hyphomicrobiaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1817-1822.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Pelagibacterium halotolerans Xu et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain B2 = CGMCC 1.7692 = JCM 15775.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU709017.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. part. adj. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. halotolerans, salt-tolerating, referring to the organism’s ability to tolerate high salt concentrations.
Reference: XU (X.W.), HUO (Y.Y.), WANG (C.S.), OREN (A.), CUI (H.L.), VEDLER (E.) and WU (M.): Pelagibacterium halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Pelagibacterium luteolum sp. nov., novel members of the family Hyphomicrobiaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1817-1822.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Pelagibacterium luteolum Xu et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 1_C16_27 = CELMS EEUT 1C1627 = CGMCC 1.10267 = JCM 16552.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EF540455.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. luteolum, yellowish.
Reference: XU (X.W.), HUO (Y.Y.), WANG (C.S.), OREN (A.), CUI (H.L.), VEDLER (E.) and WU (M.): Pelagibacterium halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Pelagibacterium luteolum sp. nov., novel members of the family Hyphomicrobiaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1817-1822.
Original article in IJSEM Online