Genus Allofrancisella
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Allofrancisella Qu et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Allofrancisella inopinata Qu et al. 2016.
Etymology: Gr. adj. allos, another, the other; N.L. fem. n. Francisella, a bacterial generic name; N.L. fem. n. Allofrancisella, the other Francisella referring to the fact that the genus is phylogenetically related to Francisella.
Valid publication: QU, P. H., LI, Y., SALAM, N., CHEN, S. Y., LIU, L., GU, Q., FANG, B. Z., XIAO, M., LI, M., CHEN, C. and LI, W. J. 2016. Allofrancisella inopinata gen. nov., sp. nov. and Allofrancisella frigidaquae sp. nov., isolated from water-cooling systems, and transfer of Francisella guangzhouensis Qu et al. 2013 to the new genus as Allofrancisella guangzhouensis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4832-4838.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Allofrancisella frigidaquae Qu et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SYSU 10HL1970=KCTC 42969=DSM 101835.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JN620409.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. n. aqua water; N.L. gen. n. frigidaquae, from/of cold water, referring to the isolation of the type strain from a water-cooling system.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: QU, P. H., LI, Y., SALAM, N., CHEN, S. Y., LIU, L., GU, Q., FANG, B. Z., XIAO, M., LI, M., CHEN, C. and LI, W. J. 2016. Allofrancisella inopinata gen. nov., sp. nov. and Allofrancisella frigidaquae sp. nov., isolated from water-cooling systems, and transfer of Francisella guangzhouensis Qu et al. 2013 to the new genus as Allofrancisella guangzhouensis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4832-4839.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Allofrancisella guangzhouensis Qu et al. 2016, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 08HL01032=CCUG 60119=NCTC 13503=ATCC BAA-2361.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ591095.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Basonym: ¤ Francisella guangzhouensis Qu et al. 2013.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. guangzhouensis, of or pertaining to Guangzhou, the city in Guangdong province, China, where the first strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: QU, P. H., LI, Y., SALAM, N., CHEN, S. Y., LIU, L., GU, Q., FANG, B. Z., XIAO, M., LI, M., CHEN, C. and LI, W. J. 2016. Allofrancisella inopinata gen. nov., sp. nov. and Allofrancisella frigidaquae sp. nov., isolated from water-cooling systems, and transfer of Francisella guangzhouensis Qu et al. 2013 to the new genus as Allofrancisella guangzhouensis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4832-4839.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Allofrancisella inopinata Qu et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SYSU YG23=KCTC 42968=DSM 101834.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JN620412.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. inopinata, unexpected, referring to the unexpected isolation of the type strain from a water-cooling system in routine investigations to detect Legionella.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: QU, P. H., LI, Y., SALAM, N., CHEN, S. Y., LIU, L., GU, Q., FANG, B. Z., XIAO, M., LI, M., CHEN, C. and LI, W. J. 2016. Allofrancisella inopinata gen. nov., sp. nov. and Allofrancisella frigidaquae sp. nov., isolated from water-cooling systems, and transfer of Francisella guangzhouensis Qu et al. 2013 to the new genus as Allofrancisella guangzhouensis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4832-4838.
Original article in IJSEM Online