Genus Aquabacterium
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: 6
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Aquabacterium Kalmbach et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Aquabacterium commune Kalmbach et al. 1999.
Etymology: L. n. aqua, water; L. neut. n. bacterium, rod; N.L. neut. n. Aquabacterium, a rod-shaped bacterium isolated from water, i.e. isolated from drinking water biofilms.
Valid publication: KALMBACH (S.), MANZ, (W.), WECKE (J.) and SZEWZYK (U.): Aquabacterium gen. nov., with description of Aquabacterium citratiphilum sp. nov., Aquabacterium parvum sp. nov. and Aquabacterium commune sp. nov., three in situ dominant bacterial species from the Berlin drinking water system. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 769-777.
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→ Aquabacterium Kalmbach et al. 1999 emend. Chen et al. 2012.
Reference: CHEN (W.M.), CHO (N.T.), YANG (S.H.), ARUN (A.B.), YOUNG (C.C.) and SHEU (S.Y.): Aquabacterium limnoticum sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 698-704.
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Aquabacterium citratiphilum Kalmbach et al. 1999, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) B4 = ATCC BAA-207 = CIP 106985 = DSM 11900.
Etymology: N.L. n. citras -atis, citrate; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. neut. adj. citratiphilum, citrate-loving, referring to the preferred utilization of citrate as a carbon and energy source.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF035050.
Reference: KALMBACH (S.), MANZ, (W.), WECKE (J.) and SZEWZYK (U.): Aquabacterium gen. nov., with description of Aquabacterium citratiphilum sp. nov., Aquabacterium parvum sp. nov. and Aquabacterium commune sp. nov., three in situ dominant bacterial species from the Berlin drinking water system. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 769-777.
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Aquabacterium commune Kalmbach et al. 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) B8 = ATCC BAA-209 = CCUG 48318 = CIP 106984 = DSM 11901.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF035054.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. commune, common, referring to the predominance of the species in drinking water biofilms of the Berlin distribution system.
Valid publication: KALMBACH (S.), MANZ, (W.), WECKE (J.) and SZEWZYK (U.): Aquabacterium gen. nov., with description of Aquabacterium citratiphilum sp. nov., Aquabacterium parvum sp. nov. and Aquabacterium commune sp. nov., three in situ dominant bacterial species from the Berlin drinking water system. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 769-777.
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Aquabacterium fontiphilum Lin et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CS-6 = BCRC 17729 = LMG 24215.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF626687.
Etymology: L. n. fons fontis, a spring, fountain; N.L. neut. adj. philum (from Gr. neut. adj. philon), loving; N.L. neut. adj. fontiphilum, loving spring-water environment.
Valid publication: LIN (M.C.), JIANG (S.R.), CHOU (J.H.), ARUN (A.B.), YOUNG (C.C.) and CHEN (W.M.): Aquabacterium fontiphilum sp. nov., isolated from spring water. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 681-685.
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Aquabacterium limnoticum Chen et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ABP-4 = BCRC 80167 = KCTC 23306.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GU319965.
Etymology: Gr. n. limnê, pool of standing water, lake; L. neut. suff. -ticum, suff. denoting made of or belonging to; N. L. neut. adj. limnoticum, from or belonging to a lake.
Valid publication: CHEN (W.M.), CHO (N.T.), YANG (S.H.), ARUN (A.B.), YOUNG (C.C.) and SHEU (S.Y.): Aquabacterium limnoticum sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 698-704.
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Aquabacterium olei Pham et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) NHI-1=KEMB 9005-082= KACC 18244=NBRC 110486.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC424519.
Etymology: L. n. olei, of/from oil, as the oil-contaminated soil from which the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: PHAM, V. H., JEONG, S. W. and KIM, J. 2015. Aquabacterium olei sp. nov., an oil-degrading bacterium isolated from oil-contaminated soil Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 3597-3602.
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Aquabacterium parvum Kalmbach et al. 1999, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) B6 = ATCC BAA-208 = CCUG 48317 = CIP 106983 = DSM 11968.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF035052.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. parvum, small.
Valid publication: KALMBACH (S.), MANZ, (W.), WECKE (J.) and SZEWZYK (U.): Aquabacterium gen. nov., with description of Aquabacterium citratiphilum sp. nov., Aquabacterium parvum sp. nov. and Aquabacterium commune sp. nov., three in situ dominant bacterial species from the Berlin drinking water system. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 769-777.
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