Genus Anaerosinus
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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).
Anaerosinus Strömpl et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Anaerosinus glycerini (Schauder and Schink 1996) Strömpl et al. 1999.
Etymology: Gr. pref. an, not; Gr. n. aer aeros, air; L. masc. n. sinus, a bent surface, curve; N.L. masc. n. Anaerosinus, a curved organism not living in air.
Valid publication: STRÖMPL (C.), TINDALL (B.J.), JARVIS (G.N.), LÜNSDORF (H.), MOORE (E.R.B.) and HIPPE (H.): A re-evaluation of the taxonomy of the genus Anaerovibrio, with the reclassification of Anaerovibrio glycerini as Anaerosinus glycerini gen. nov., comb. nov., and Anaerovibrio burkinabensis as Anaeroarcus burkinensis [corrig.] gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1861-1872.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Anaerosinus glycerini (Schauder and Schink 1996) Strömpl et al. 1999, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LGS 4 = ATCC 51177= DSM 5192 = CIP 105408.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ010960.
Basonym: ¤ Anaerovibrio glycerini Schauder and Schink 1996.
Etymology: N.L. n. glycerinum, glycerine, glycerol; N.L. gen. n. glycerini, of glycerol, referring to utilization of glycerol as sole substrate.
Valid publication: STRÖMPL (C.), TINDALL (B.J.), JARVIS (G.N.), LÜNSDORF (H.), MOORE (E.R.B.) and HIPPE (H.): A re-evaluation of the taxonomy of the genus Anaerovibrio, with the reclassification of Anaerovibrio glycerini as Anaerosinus glycerini gen. nov., comb. nov., and Anaerovibrio burkinabensis as Anaeroarcus burkinensis [corrig.] gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1861-1872.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: In the paper by Strömpl et al. 1999, the basonym is incorrectly cited as Anaerovibrio glycerini Schauder and Schink 1989 (sic) and Anaerosinus glycerini is incorrectly cited as Anaerosinus glycerini (Schauder and Schink 1989 [sic]) Strömpl et al. 1999.