Genus Aurantimicrobium
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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").
Aurantimicrobium Nakai et al. 2015, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Aurantimicrobium minutum Nakai et al. 2015.
Etymology: N.L. adj. aurantus, orange-coloured; N.L. neut. n. microbium (from Gr. adj. mikros, small and Gr. n. bios, life), a microbe; N.L. neut. n. Aurantimicrobium, orange-coloured microbe.
Valid publication: NAKAI, R., BABA, T., NIKI, H., NISHIJIMA, M. and NAGANUMA, T. 2015. Aurantimicrobium minutum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel ultramicrobacterium of the family Microbacteriaceae, isolated from river water. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 4072-4079.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Aurantimicrobium minutum Nakai et al. 2015, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KNC=NBRC 105389=NCIMB 14875.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB540017.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. minutum, very small, minute.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: NAKAI, R., BABA, T., NIKI, H., NISHIJIMA, M. and NAGANUMA, T. 2015. Aurantimicrobium minutum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel ultramicrobacterium of the family Microbacteriaceae, isolated from river water. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 4072-4079.
Original article in IJSEM Online