Genus Alsobacter
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
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").
Alsobacter Bao et al. 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Alsobacter metallidurans Bao et al. 2014.
Etymology: Gr. n. alsos, a grove; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Alsobacter, a rod isolated from a grove.
Valid publication: BAO, Z., SATO, Y., FUJIMURA, R. and OHTA, H. 2014. Alsobacter metallidurans gen. nov., sp. nov., a thallium-tolerant soil bacterium in the order Rhizobiales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 775-780..
Original article in IJSEM Online
Alsobacter metallidurans Bao et al. 2014, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SK200a-9=NBRC 107718=CGMCC 1.12214.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB231946.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: L. n. metallum, metal; L. part. adj. durans, enduring, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. metallidurans, metal-tolerant.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: BAO, Z., SATO, Y., FUJIMURA, R. and OHTA, H. 2014. Alsobacter metallidurans gen. nov., sp. nov., a thallium-tolerant soil bacterium in the order Rhizobiales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 775-780.
Original article in IJSEM Online