Genus Balnearium
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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").
Balnearium Takai et al. 2003, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Balnearium lithotrophicum Takai et al. 2003.
Etymology: N.L. neut. subst. from L. neut. adj. balnearium, pertaining to a bath.
Valid publication: TAKAI (K.), NAKAGAWA (S.), SAKO (Y.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Balnearium lithotrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, strictly anaerobic, hydrogen-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph isolated from a black smoker chimney in the Suiyo Seamount hydrothermal system. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1947-1954.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Balnearium lithotrophicum Takai et al. 2003, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 17S = ATCC BAA-736 = JCM 11970.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB105049.
Etymology: Gr. n. lithos, stone; Gr. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending or feeding; N.L. neut. adj. lithotrophicum, referring to its lithotrophic metabolism.
Valid publication: TAKAI (K.), NAKAGAWA (S.), SAKO (Y.) and HORIKOSHI (K.): Balnearium lithotrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, strictly anaerobic, hydrogen-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph isolated from a black smoker chimney in the Suiyo Seamount hydrothermal system. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1947-1954.
Original article in IJSEM Online