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Genus Anaerobacter

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").


For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).


 

Anaerobacter Duda et al. 1996, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Anaerobacter polyendosporus Duda et al. 1996.
Etymology: Gr. pref. an-, not; Gr. masc. n. aer, air; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod, staff; N.L. masc. n. anaerobacter, rod not [living] in air.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 57. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 625-626.
Effective publication: DUDA (V.I.), LEBEDINSKY (A.V.), MUSHEGJAN (M.S.) and MITJUSHINA (I.L.): A new anaerobic bacterium, forming up to five endospores per cell-Anaerobacter polyendosporus gen. et spec. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1987, 148, 121-127.
Validation List no. 57 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

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Anaerobacter polyendosporus Duda et al. 1996, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) PS-1 = DSM 5272 = VKM B-1724.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: Y18189.
Etymology: Gr. pref. polu, many; Gr. pref. endo, within; Gr. n. spora, spore; N.L. masc. adj. polyendosporus, (forming) several endospores.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 57. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 625-626.
Effective publication: DUDA (V.I.), LEBEDINSKY (A.V.), MUSHEGJAN (M.S.) and MITJUSHINA (I.L.): A new anaerobic bacterium, forming up to five endospores per cell-Anaerobacter polyendosporus gen. et spec. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1987, 148, 121-127.
Validation List no. 57 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

¤ Clostridium polyendosporum (Duda et al. 2006) Rainey et al. 2016, comb. nov.

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