Phocoenobacter

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

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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").

Phocoenobacter Foster et al. 2000, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Phocoenobacter uteri Foster et al. 2000.
Etymology: Gr. n. phôkaina, porpoise; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. phocoenobacter, a rod from a porpoise.
Reference: FOSTER (G.), ROSS (H.M.), MALNICK (H.), WILLEMS (A.), HUTSON (R.A.), REID (R.J.) and COLLINS (M.D.): Phocoenobacter uteri gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Pasteurellaceae Pohl (1979) 1981 isolated from a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 135-139.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Phocoenobacter uteri Foster et al. 2000, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain M1063U/93 = ATCC 700972 = CIP 106491 = NCTC 12872.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X89379.
Etymology: L. n. uterus -i, the womb, matrix; L. gen. n. uteri, of uterus.
Reference: FOSTER (G.), ROSS (H.M.), MALNICK (H.), WILLEMS (A.), HUTSON (R.A.), REID (R.J.) and COLLINS (M.D.): Phocoenobacter uteri gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Pasteurellaceae Pohl (1979) 1981 isolated from a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 135-139.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: uteri is the genitive of the Latin name uterus -i, not the genitive of the Latin name uteris (sic) as cited in the paper by Foster et al. 2000.

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