Pontirhabdus

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

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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").

Pontirhabdus Yi et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Pontirhabdus pectinivorans Yi et al. 2011.
Etymology: L. n. pontus, the sea; N.L. fem. n. rhabdus, a rod, wand; N.L. fem. n. Pontirhabdus, a rod that grows in the sea.
Reference: YI (H.), CHO (J.C.) and CHUN (J.): Pontirhabdus pectinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2475-2481.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Pontirhabdus pectinivorans Yi et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain JC2675 = JCM 17107 = KACC 14153.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: HM475134.
Etymology: N.L. n. pectinum, pectin; L. part. adj. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. pectinivorans, pectin-devouring.
Reference: YI (H.), CHO (J.C.) and CHUN (J.): Pontirhabdus pectinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2475-2481.
Original article in IJSEM Online