Genus Ancylobacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 9
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).
Ancylobacter Raj 1983, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Ancylobacter aquaticus (Ørskov 1928) Raj 1983.
Illegitimate synonym: ¤ Microcyclus Ørskov 1928 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. adj. ankulos, crooked, curved; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Ancylobacter, a curved rod.
Valid publication: RAJ (H.D.): Proposal of Ancylobacter gen. nov. as a substitute for the bacterial genus Microcyclus Ørskov 1928. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1983, 33, 397-398.
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Note: Microcyclus Ørskov 1928 (Approved Lists 1980) is illegitimate because of precedence of the fungal genus Microcyclus Saccardo 1904 [Rule 51b (4)].
Ancylobacter aquaticus (Ørskov 1928) Raj 1983, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Ørskov = ATCC 25396= CCUG 1820 = CCUG 30551 = DSM 101 = JCM 20518 = LMG 4052 = NBRC 102453 = VKM B-1287.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: M62790.
Basonym: ¤ Microcyclus aquaticus Ørskov 1928 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. masc. adj. aquaticus, living, growing, or found in or by the water, aquatic.
Valid publication: RAJ (H.D.): Proposal of Ancylobacter gen. nov. as a substitute for the bacterial genus Microcyclus Ørskov 1928. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1983, 33, 397-398.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: Microcyclus Ørskov 1928 (Approved Lists 1980) is illegitimate because of precedence of the fungal genus Microcyclus Saccardo 1904 [Rule 51b (4)].
Ancylobacter defluvii Poroshina et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SK15=CCUG 63806=VKM B-2789.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC243678.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: L. gen. n. defluvii, of sewage.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 157. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64 (2014), 1455-1458.
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Effective publication: POROSHINA, M. N., DORONINA, N. V., KAPARULLINA, E. N., KOVALEVSKAYA, N. P. and TROTSENKO, YU. A. 2013. Halophilic and halotolerant aerobic methylobacteria from the technogenic Solikamsk biotopes. Microbiology, 82, 490-498
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Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus Firsova et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DM16 = DSM 21507 = VKM B-2484.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU589386.
Etymology: N.L. n. dichloromethanum, dichloromethane; L. masc. suff. -icus, suffix used with various meaning; N.L. masc. adj. dichloromethanicus, pertaining to dichloromethane, intended to mean dichloromethane utilizing.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 133. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1009-1010.
Effective publication: FIRSOVA (J.), DORONINA (N.), LANG (E.), SPRÖER (C.), VUILLEUMIER (S.) and TROTSENKO (Y.): Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus sp. nov. - a new aerobic facultatively methylotrophic bacterium utilizing dichloromethane. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2009, 32, 227-232.
Validation List no. 133 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Ancylobacter oerskovii Lang et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) NS05 = CCM 7435 = DSM 18746.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM778407.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. oerskovii, of Ørskov, named in honour of J. Ørskov, who, in 1928, described Microcyclus aquaticus, now the type species of the genus Ancylobacter.
Valid publication: LANG (E.), SWIDERSKI (J.), STACKEBRANDT (E.), SCHUMANN (P.), SPRÖER (C.) and SAHIN (N.): Description of Ancylobacter oerskovii sp. nov. and two additional strains of Ancylobacter polymorphus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1997-2002.
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Ancylobacter polymorphus Xin et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AS 1.2800 = DSM 2457 = NCIMB 10516.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY211516.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. polymorphus (from Gr. adj. polumorphos -on), multiform, polymorphic.
Valid publication: XIN (Y.H.), ZHOU (Y.G.) and CHEN (W.X.): Ancylobacter polymorphus sp. nov. and Ancylobacter vacuolatus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1185-1188.
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Ancylobacter pratisalsi Suarez et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) E130=LMG 29367=DSM 102029.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KX021302.
Etymology: L. n. pratum, meadow; L. adj. salsus, salted, salt; N.L. gen. n. pratisalsi, of a salt meadow, the habitat from which the organism was isolated.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: SUAREZ, C., RATERING, S., SCHAFER, J. and SCHNELL, S. 2017. Ancylobacter pratisalsi sp. nov. with plant growth promotion abilities from the rhizosphere of Plantago winteri Wirtg. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4500-4506.
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Ancylobacter sonchi Agafonova et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Osot=VKM B-3145=JCM 32039.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KY492736.
Etymology: L. gen. n. sonchi, of the plant Sonchus arvensis, the source of the rhizosphere from which the type strain was isolated.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: AGAFONOVA, N. V., KAPARULLINA, E. N., TROTSENKO, Y. A. and DORONINA, N. V. 2017. Ancylobacter sonchi sp. nov., a novel methylotrophic bacterium from roots of Sonchus arvensis L. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4552-4558.
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Ancylobacter rudongensis Xin et al. 2004, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AS 1.1761 = JCM 11671.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY056830.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. rudongensis, referring to Rudong County, Jiangsu Province, P.R. China, where the strain was isolated.
Valid publication: XIN (Y.H.), ZHOU (Y.G.), ZHOU (H.L.) and CHEN (W.X.): Ancylobacter rudongensis sp. nov., isolated from roots of Spartina anglica. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 385-388.
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Ancylobacter vacuolatus Xin et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AS 1.2807 = DSM 1277.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY211515.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. vacuolatus (from L. v. vacuo, to make empty or void), vacuolated.
Valid publication: XIN (Y.H.), ZHOU (Y.G.) and CHEN (W.X.): Ancylobacter polymorphus sp. nov. and Ancylobacter vacuolatus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1185-1188.
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