Genus Bacterioplanoides
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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").
Bacterioplanoides Wang et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Bacterioplanoides pacificum Wang et al. 2016.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Bacterioplanes, a bacterial genus; L. suff. -oides (from Gr. suff. -eides, from Gr. n. eidos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure), resembling, similar; N.L. neut. n. Bacterioplanoides, Bacterioplanes-like.
Valid publication: WANG, Y., YU, M., LIU, Y., YANG, X. and ZHANG, X. H. 2016. Bacterioplanoides pacificum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater of South Pacific Gyre. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 5010-5015.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Bacterioplanoides pacificum Wang et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) sw100=JCM 30597=MCCC 1K00501=KCTC 42424.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JQ082124.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. neut. adj. pacificum, peaceful, referring to the Pacific Ocean.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: WANG, Y., YU, M., LIU, Y., YANG, X. and ZHANG, X. H. 2016. Bacterioplanoides pacificum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater of South Pacific Gyre. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 5010-5015.
Original article in IJSEM Online