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Genus Anaerotaenia

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").


Anaerotaenia Ueki et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Anaerotaenia torta Ueki et al. 2016.
Etymology: Gr. prep. an, not; Gr. n. aer, air; anaero, not living in air; L. fem. n. taenia, ribbon; N.L. fem. n. Anaerotaenia, a ribbon not living in air.
Valid publication: UEKI, A., OHTAKI, Y., KAKU, N. and UEKI, K. 2016. Descriptions of Anaerotaenia torta gen. nov., sp. nov. and Anaerocolumna cellulosilytica gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from a methanogenic reactor of cattle waste and reclassification of Clostridium aminovalericum, Clostridium jejuense and Clostridium xylanovorans as Anaerocolumna species Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2936-2943.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Anaerotaenia torta Ueki et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) FH052=JCM 30820=DSM 100431.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB298768.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. fem. adj. torta, twisted, referring to the twisted and entangled cell morphology.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: UEKI, A., OHTAKI, Y., KAKU, N. and UEKI, K. 2016. Descriptions of Anaerotaenia torta gen. nov., sp. nov. and Anaerocolumna cellulosilytica gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from a methanogenic reactor of cattle waste and reclassification of Clostridium aminovalericum, Clostridium jejuense and Clostridium xylanovorans as Anaerocolumna species Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2936-2943.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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