Genus Agreia
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
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).
Agreia Evtushenko et al. 2001, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Agreia bicolorata Evtushenko et al. 2001.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Agreia, named to honour Nina S. Agre, a Russian microbiologist.
Valid publication: EVTUSHENKO (L.I.), DOROFEEVA (L.V.), DOBROVOLSKAYA (T.G.), STRESHINSKAYA (G.M.), SUBBOTIN (S.A.) and TIEDJE (J.M.): Agreia bicolorata gen. nov., sp. nov., to accommodate actinobacteria isolated from narrow reed grass infected by the nematode Heteroanguina graminophila. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001, 51, 2073-2079.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: Agreia is a N.L. fem. n. not a N.L. gen. (sic) fem. n. as cited in the paper by Evtushenko et al. 2001.
Agreia bicolorata Evtushenko et al. 2001, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DSM 14575 = JCM 12206 = NBRC 103053 = UCM Ac-620 = VKM Ac-1804.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF159363.
Etymology: L. adv. num. bis, twice; L. part. adj. coloratus -a -um, coloured; N.L. fem. part. adj. bicolorata, two-coloured.
Valid publication: EVTUSHENKO (L.I.), DOROFEEVA (L.V.), DOBROVOLSKAYA (T.G.), STRESHINSKAYA (G.M.), SUBBOTIN (S.A.) and TIEDJE (J.M.): Agreia bicolorata gen. nov., sp. nov., to accommodate actinobacteria isolated from narrow reed grass infected by the nematode Heteroanguina graminophila. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001, 51, 2073-2079.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Agreia pratensis (Behrendt et al. 2002) Schumann et al. 2003, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) P 229/10 = DSM 14246 = JCM 12145 = LMG 21000 = NBRC 103054.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ310412.
Basonym: ¤ Subtercola pratensis Behrendt et al. 2002.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. pratensis, found in meadows/grassland.
Valid publication: SCHUMANN (P.), BEHRENDT (U.), ULRICH (A.) and SUZUKI (K.): Reclassification of Subtercola pratensis Behrendt et al. 2002 as Agreia pratensis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 2041-2044.
Original article in IJSEM Online