Thalassolituus

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

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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").

Thalassolituus Yakimov et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Thalassolituus oleivorans Yakimov et al. 2004.
Etymology: Gr. fem. n. thalassa, the sea; L. masc. n. lituus, the crooked staff borne by the augurs, an augur's crook, a crook; N.L. masc. n. Thalassolituus, a marine, curve-shaped bacterium.
Reference: YAKIMOV (M.M.), GIULIANO (L.), DENARO (R.), CRISAFI (E.), CHERNIKOVA (T.N.), ABRAHAM (W.R.), LUENSDORF (H.), TIMMIS (K.N.) and GOLYSHIN (P.N.): Thalassolituus oleivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium that obligately utilizes hydrocarbons. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 141-148.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Further concise information (in French)

Thalassolituus oleivorans Yakimov et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain MIL-1 = DSM 14913 = LMG 21420.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ431699.
Etymology: L. neut. n. oleum, oil; L. part. adj. vorans, devouring; N.L. masc. part. adj. oleivorans, oil-devouring.
Reference: YAKIMOV (M.M.), GIULIANO (L.), DENARO (R.), CRISAFI (E.), CHERNIKOVA (T.N.), ABRAHAM (W.R.), LUENSDORF (H.), TIMMIS (K.N.) and GOLYSHIN (P.N.): Thalassolituus oleivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium that obligately utilizes hydrocarbons. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 141-148.
Original article in IJSEM Online