Verminephrobacter

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

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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").

Verminephrobacter Pinel et al. 2008, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Verminephrobacter eiseniae Pinel et al. 2008.
Etymology: L. n. vermis, a worm; Gr. n. nephros, a kidney; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Verminephrobacter, earthworm-kidney (associated) bacteria.
Reference: PINEL (N.), DAVIDSON (S.K.) and STAHL (D.A.): Verminephrobacter eiseniae gen. nov., sp. nov., a nephridial symbiont of the earthworm Eisenia foetida (Savigny). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2147-2157.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Verminephrobacter eiseniae Pinel et al. 2008, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain EF01-2 = ATCC BAA-1489 = DSM 19249.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ327663.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. eiseniae, of Eisenia, a reference to being the nephridial symbiont of the earthworm species Eisenia foetida.
Reference: PINEL (N.), DAVIDSON (S.K.) and STAHL (D.A.): Verminephrobacter eiseniae gen. nov., sp. nov., a nephridial symbiont of the earthworm Eisenia foetida (Savigny). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2147-2157.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: According to Dr. B.J. Tindall (DSMZ), the type strain must be the strain EF01-2 = ATCC BAA-1489 = DSM 19249, not the strain EF01-2 = ATCC BAA-1489 = DSM 19286 as cited in the paper by Pinel et al. 2008.
Reference: TINDALL (B.J.): Personal communication (September 10, 2008).

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