Genus Anaerotaenia
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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").
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
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