Genus Balneicella
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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").
Balneicella Fadhlaoui et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Balneicella halophila Fadhlaoui et al. 2016.
Etymology: L. neut. n. balneum, a bath; L. fem. n. cella, a store-room and in biology a cell; N.L. fem. n. Balneicella, a cell (bacterium) isolated from a bath.
Valid publication: FADHLAOUI, K., BEN HANIA, W., POSTEC, A., HAMDI, M., OLLIVIER, B. and FARDEAU, M. L. 2016. Balneicella halophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium, isolated from a thermal spring and description of Balneicellaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4692-4696.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Balneicella halophila Fadhlaoui et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KHALHBd91=DSM28579=JCM19909.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LM999900.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: Gr. n. hals, halos, salt; N. L. fem. adj. phila (from Gr. fem. adj. philê), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. halophila, salt-loving.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: FADHLAOUI, K., BEN HANIA, W., POSTEC, A., HAMDI, M., OLLIVIER, B. and FARDEAU, M. L. 2016. Balneicella halophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium, isolated from a thermal spring and description of Balneicellaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 4692-4696.
Original article in IJSEM Online