Genus Acaricomes
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Acaricomes Pukall et al. 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Acaricomes phytoseiuli Pukall et al. 2006.
Etymology: N.L. masc. pl. n. acari, the mites; L. masc. n. comes, companion; N.L. masc. n. Acaricomes, companion of mites.
Valid publication: PUKALL (R.), SCHUMANN (P.), SCHÜTTE (C.), GOLS (R.) and DICKE (M.): Acaricomes phytoseiuli gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 465-469.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Acaricomes phytoseiuli Pukall et al. 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CSC = CCUG 49701 = DSM 14247 = JCM 14300.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ812213.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. phytoseiuli, of Phytoseiulus, the nomenclatural genus name of the host mite.
Valid publication: PUKALL (R.), SCHUMANN (P.), SCHÜTTE (C.), GOLS (R.) and DICKE (M.): Acaricomes phytoseiuli gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 465-469.
Original article in IJSEM Online