Steroidobacter

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

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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").

Steroidobacter Fahrbach et al. 2008, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Steroidobacter denitrificans Fahrbach et al. 2008.
Etymology: N.Gr. n. steroides, a steroid; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Steroidobacter, rod-shaped bacterium that degrades steroids.
Reference: FAHRBACH (M.), KUEVER (J.), REMESCH (M.), HUBER (B.E.), KÄMPFER (P.), DOTT (W.) and HOLLENDER (J.): Steroidobacter denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a steroidal hormone-degrading gammaproteobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2215-2223.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Steroidobacter denitrificans Fahrbach et al. 2008, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain FS = DSM 18526 = JCM 14622.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EF605262.
Etymology: N.L. v. denitrifico, to denitrify; N.L. part. adj. denitrificans, denitrifying.
Reference: FAHRBACH (M.), KUEVER (J.), REMESCH (M.), HUBER (B.E.), KÄMPFER (P.), DOTT (W.) and HOLLENDER (J.): Steroidobacter denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a steroidal hormone-degrading gammaproteobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2215-2223.
Original article in IJSEM Online