Genus Beutenbergia
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Beutenbergia Groth et al. 1999, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Beutenbergiaceae Zhi et al. 2009).
Type species: ¤ Beutenbergia cavernae Groth et al. 1999.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Beutenbergia, referring to Beutenberg, the geographical location of the institute in which the soil sample was studied.
Valid publication: GROTH (I.), SCHUMANN (P.), SCHUETZE (B.), AUGSTEN (K.), KRAMER (I.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Beutenbergia cavernae gen. nov., sp. nov., an L-lysine-containing actinomycete isolated from a cave. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1733-1740.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Beutenbergia cavernae Groth et al. 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HKI 0122 = ATCC BAA-8 = CCUG 43141 = CIP 106362 = DSM 12333 = IFO (now NBRC) 16432 = JCM 11478.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: CP001618 (complete genome).
Etymology: L. gen. n. cavernae, of a cave, referring to the habitat of the organism.
Valid publication: GROTH (I.), SCHUMANN (P.), SCHUETZE (B.), AUGSTEN (K.), KRAMER (I.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Beutenbergia cavernae gen. nov., sp. nov., an L-lysine-containing actinomycete isolated from a cave. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1733-1740.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The specific epithet caverna ae is a Latin word not a neo-Latin word as cited in the paper by Groth et al. 1999.