Genus Ancalomicrobium
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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).
Ancalomicrobium Staley 1968, genus.
Type species: ¤ Ancalomicrobium adetum Staley 1968 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. masc. n. ankalis, arm; N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe; N.L. neut. n. Ancalomicrobium, arm (-producing) microorganism.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: STALEY (J.T.): Prosthecomicrobium and Ancalomicrobium, new prosthecate freshwater bacteria. Journal of Bacteriology, 1968, 95, 1921-1942.
Ancalomicrobium adetum Staley 1968, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 23632= DSM 4722 = JCM 21375 = NBRC 102456 = VKM B-1375.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: not found.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. adetum (from. Gr. neut. adj. adeton), free, unattached.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: STALEY (J.T.): Prosthecomicrobium and Ancalomicrobium, new prosthecate freshwater bacteria. Journal of Bacteriology, 1968, 95, 1921-1942.