Prolixibacter

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

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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").

Prolixibacter Holmes et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Prolixibacter bellariivorans Holmes et al. 2007.
Etymology: L. adj. prolixus, long, extended; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Prolixibacter, a long rod.
Reference: HOLMES (D.E.), NEVIN (K.P.), WOODARD (T.L.), PEACOCK (A.D.) and LOVLEY (D.R.): Prolixibacter bellariivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a sugar-fermenting, psychrotolerant anaerobe of the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from a marine-sediment fuel cell. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 701-707.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Prolixibacter bellariivorans Holmes et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain F2 = ATCC BAA-1284 = JCM 13498.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY918928.
Etymology: L. pl. n. bellaria, sweets, dessert; L. part. adj. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. bellariivorans, sweet-devouring, consuming sweet things.
Reference: HOLMES (D.E.), NEVIN (K.P.), WOODARD (T.L.), PEACOCK (A.D.) and LOVLEY (D.R.): Prolixibacter bellariivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a sugar-fermenting, psychrotolerant anaerobe of the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from a marine-sediment fuel cell. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 701-707.
Original article in IJSEM Online