Genus Aquincola
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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").
Aquincola Lechner et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Aquincola tertiaricarbonis Lechner et al. 2007.
Etymology: L. n. aqua, water; L. masc. n. incola, inhabitant; N.L. masc. n. Aquincola, inhabitant, dweller of water.
Valid publication: LECHNER (U.), BRODKORB (D.), GEYER (R.), HAUSE (G.), HÄRTIG (C.), AULING (G.), FAYOLLE-GUICHARD (F.), PIVETEAU (P.), MÜLLER (R.H.) and ROHWERDER (T.): Aquincola tertiaricarbonis gen. nov., sp. nov., a tertiary butyl moiety-degrading bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1295-1303.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Aquincola tertiaricarbonis Lechner et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) L10 = CIP 109243 = DSM 18512.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ656489.
Etymology: N.L. adj. (numeral) tertiarius, tertiary (the third of the kind); L. gen. n. carbonis, of carbon; N.L. gen. n. tertiaricarbonis, from tertiary carbon, the characteristic utilized substrate.
Valid publication: LECHNER (U.), BRODKORB (D.), GEYER (R.), HAUSE (G.), HÄRTIG (C.), AULING (G.), FAYOLLE-GUICHARD (F.), PIVETEAU (P.), MÜLLER (R.H.) and ROHWERDER (T.): Aquincola tertiaricarbonis gen. nov., sp. nov., a tertiary butyl moiety-degrading bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1295-1303.
Original article in IJSEM Online