Genus Alpinimonas
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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).
Alpinimonas Schumann et al. 2012, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Alpinimonas psychrophila Schumann et al. 2012.
Etymology: L. adj. alpinus, of or pertaining to the Alps, Alpine; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Alpinimonas, an Alpine unit (bacterium), a bacterium isolated from the Alps.
Valid publication: SCHUMANN (P.), ZHANG (D.C.), REDZIC (M.) and MARGESIN (R.): Alpinimonas psychrophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium of the family Microbacteriaceae isolated from alpine glacier cryoconite. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2724-2730.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Alpinimonas psychrophila Schumann et al. 2012, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Cr8-25 = DSM 23737 = LMG 26215.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GU784868.
Etymology: Gr. adj. psuchros, cold; Gr. fem. adj. philê, liking, loving; N.L. fem. adj. psychrophila, cold-loving.
Valid publication: SCHUMANN (P.), ZHANG (D.C.), REDZIC (M.) and MARGESIN (R.): Alpinimonas psychrophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium of the family Microbacteriaceae isolated from alpine glacier cryoconite. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2724-2730.
Original article in IJSEM Online