Rapidithrix

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

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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").

Rapidithrix Srisukchayakul et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Rapidithrix thailandica Srisukchayakul et al. 2007.
Etymology: L. adj. rapidus, rapid; Gr. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Rapidithrix, rapidly moving hair.
Reference: SRISUKCHAYAKUL (P.), SUWANACHART (C.), SANGNOI (Y.), KANJANA-OPAS (A.), HOSOYA (S.), YOKOTA (A.) and ARUNPAIROJANA (V.): Rapidithrix thailandica gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine gliding bacterium isolated from samples collected from the Andaman sea, along the southern coastline of Thailand. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2275-2279.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Rapidithrix thailandica Srisukchayakul et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain IAM 15448 = JCM 23209 = TISTR 1750.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB265192.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. thailandica, pertaining to Thailand, from where the organisms were isolated.
Reference: SRISUKCHAYAKUL (P.), SUWANACHART (C.), SANGNOI (Y.), KANJANA-OPAS (A.), HOSOYA (S.), YOKOTA (A.) and ARUNPAIROJANA (V.): Rapidithrix thailandica gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine gliding bacterium isolated from samples collected from the Andaman sea, along the southern coastline of Thailand. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2275-2279.
Original article in IJSEM Online