Genus Aquibacter
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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").
Aquibacter Hameed et al. 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Aquibacter zeaxanthinifaciens Hameed et al. 2014.
Etymology: L. n. aqua, water; N.L. masc. n. bacter, from Gr. neut. n. baktron, rod; N.L. masc. n. Aquibacter, rod isolated from water.
Reference: HAMEED, A., SHAHINA, M., LIN, S.-Y., LAI, W.-A., HSU, Y.-H., LIU, Y.-C. and YOUNG, C.-C. 2014. Aquibacter zeaxanthinifaciens gen. nov., sp. nov., a zeaxanthin-producing bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from surface seawater, and emended descriptions of the genera Aestuariibaculum and Gaetbulibacter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 138-145..
Original article in IJSEM Online
Aquibacter zeaxanthinifaciens Hameed et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CC-AMZ-304=JCM 18557=BCRC 80463.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JX235670.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. zeaxanthinum, zeaxanthin; L. part. pres. faciens, making/producing; N.L. part. adj. zeaxanthinifaciens, zeaxanthin-producing.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Reference: HAMEED, A., SHAHINA, M., LIN, S.-Y., LAI, W.-A., HSU, Y.-H., LIU, Y.-C. and YOUNG, C.-C. 2014. Aquibacter zeaxanthinifaciens gen. nov., sp. nov., a zeaxanthin-producing bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from surface seawater, and emended descriptions of the genera Aestuariibaculum and Gaetbulibacter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 138-145.
Original article in IJSEM Online