Genus Ahniella
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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").
Ahniella Hwang et al. 2018, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Ahniella affigens Hwang et al. 2018.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Ahniella, named in honour of microbiologist Tae-young Ahn, for his contributions to environmental microbiology and microbial ecology in South Korea.
Valid publication: HWANG, W. M., KO, Y., KIM, J. H. and KANG, K. 2018. Ahniella affigens gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from sandy soil near a stream. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 2478-2484.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Ahniella affigens Hwang et al. 2018, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) D13=KACC 19270=JCM 31634.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KY649437.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: CP027860.
Etymology: L. part. adj. affigens, attaching; referring to the ability of the strain to attach to surfaces.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: HWANG, W. M., KO, Y., KIM, J. H. and KANG, K. 2018. Ahniella affigens gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from sandy soil near a stream. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 2478-2484.
Original article in IJSEM Online