Genus Andreesenia
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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").
Andreesenia Poehlein et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Andreesenia angusta Poehlein et al. 2017.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Andreesenia, named after Professor Dr Jan Andreesen in recognition of his contributions to the studies of Clostridia.
Valid publication: POEHLEIN, A., YUTIN, N., DANIEL, R. and GALPERIN, M. Y. 2017. Proposal for the reclassification of obligately purine-fermenting bacteria Clostridium acidurici (Barker 1938) and Clostridium purinilyticum (Durre et al. 1981) as Gottschalkia acidurici gen. nov. comb. nov. and Gottschalkia purinilytica comb. nov. and of Eubacterium angustum (Beuscher and Andreesen 1985) as Andreesenia angusta gen. nov. comb. nov. in the family Gottschalkiaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 2711-2719; erratum 4287-4288.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Andreesenia angusta Poehlein et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MK-1=ATCC 43737=DSM 1989.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: L34612.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: MKIE00000000.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. angusta, restricted, referring to the narrow substrate range.
Source: Industrial/agricultural.
Valid publication: POEHLEIN, A., YUTIN, N., DANIEL, R. and GALPERIN, M. Y. 2017. Proposal for the reclassification of obligately purine-fermenting bacteria Clostridium acidurici (Barker 1938) and Clostridium purinilyticum (Durre et al. 1981) as Gottschalkia acidurici gen. nov. comb. nov. and Gottschalkia purinilytica comb. nov. and of Eubacterium angustum (Beuscher and Andreesen 1985) as Andreesenia angusta gen. nov. comb. nov. in the family Gottschalkiaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 2711-2719; erratum 4287-4288.
Original article in IJSEM Online