Genus Blastomonas
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 6
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).
Blastomonas Sly and Cahill 1997, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Blastomonas natatoria (Sly 1985) Sly and Cahill 1997.
Etymology: Gr. n. blastos, bud shoot; Gr. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Blastomonas, a budding monad.
Valid publication: SLY (L.I.) and CAHILL (M.M.): Transfer of Blastobacter natatorius (Sly 1985) to the genus Blastomonas gen. nov. as Blastomonas natatoria comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 566-568.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990 emend. Yabuuchi et al. 1999.
Note: Yabuuchi et al. 1999 propose to transfer ¤ Blastomonas natatoria (Sly 1985) Sly and Cahill 1997 (the type species of the genus Blastomonas) to the genus ¤ Sphingomonas as ¤ Sphingomonas natatoria (Sly 1985) Yabuuchi et al. 1999, comb. nov. According to Rule 37a, bacteriologists adhering to this proposal must change the name Blastomonas to ¤ Sphingomonas.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 70. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 935-936.
Effective publication: YABUUCHI (E.), KOSAKO (Y.), NAKA (T.), SUZUKI (S.) and YANO (I.): Proposal of Sphingomonas suberifaciens (van Bruggen, Jochimsen and Brown 1990) comb. nov., Sphingomonas natatoria (Sly 1985) comb. nov., Sphingomonas ursincola (Yurkov et al. 1997) comb. nov., and emendation of the genus Sphingomonas. Microbiol. Immunol., 1999, 43, 339-349.
Validation List no. 70 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ Blastomonas Sly and Cahill 1997 emend. Hiraishi et al. 2000.
Reference: HIRAISHI (A.), KURAISHI (H.) and KAWAHARA (K.): Emendation of the description of Blastomonas natatoria (Sly 1985) Sly and Cahill 1997 as an aerobic photosynthetic bacterium and reclassification of Erythromonas ursincola Yurkov et al. 1997 as Blastomonas ursincola comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1113-1118.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Notes:
1 According to Hiraishi et al. 2000 [1], phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic data confirm that the genus Blastomonas is distinct from the genus ¤ Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990 and other genera of the α-4 group of the α-Proteobacteria. These data turn down the proposal of Yabuuchi et al. 1999 [2, 3] for transfer of ¤ Blastomonas natatoria and ¤ Erythromonas ursincola Yurkov et al. 1997 to the genus ¤ Sphingomonas.
References:
1 HIRAISHI (A.), KURAISHI (H.) and KAWAHARA (K.): Emendation of the description of Blastomonas natatoria (Sly 1985) Sly and Cahill 1997 as an aerobic photosynthetic bacterium and reclassification of Erythromonas ursincola Yurkov et al. 1997 as Blastomonas ursincola comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1113-1118.
Original article by Hiraishi et al. 2000 in IJSEM Online
2 YABUUCHI (E.), KOSAKO (Y.), NAKA (T.), SUZUKI (S.) and YANO (I.): Proposal of Sphingomonas suberifaciens (van Bruggen, Jochimsen and Brown 1990) comb. nov., Sphingomonas natatoria (Sly 1985) comb. nov., Sphingomonas ursincola (Yurkov et al. 1997) comb. nov., and emendation of the genus Sphingomonas. Microbiol. Immunol., 1999, 43, 339-349.
Original article Online
3 Validation List no. 70. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 935-936.
Validation List no. 70 in IJSEM Online
2 According to Hiraishi et al. 2000, Blastomonas Sly and Cahill 1997 is an earlier heterotypic synonym of ¤ Erythromonas Yurkov et al. 1997.
Reference: HIRAISHI (A.), KURAISHI (H.) and KAWAHARA (K.): Emendation of the description of Blastomonas natatoria (Sly 1985) Sly and Cahill 1997 as an aerobic photosynthetic bacterium and reclassification of Erythromonas ursincola Yurkov et al. 1997 as Blastomonas ursincola comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1113-1118.
Blastomonas aquatica Xiao et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) PE 4-5=JCM 30179=CGMCC 1.12851.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KJ528316.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. aquatica, aquatic.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: XIAO, N., LIU, Y., LIU, X., GU, Z., JIAO, N., LIU, H., ZHOU, Y. and SHEN, L. 2015. Blastomonas aquatica sp. nov., a bacteriochlorophyll-containing bacterium isolated from lake water. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 1653-1658.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Blastomonas fulva Lee et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) T2=KCTC 42354=JCM 30467.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KM670031.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. fulva, tawny, yellowish brown, the colour of the colonies.
Source: Laboratory.
Valid publication: LEE, H. G., KO, S. R., LEE, J. W., LEE, C. S., AHN, C. Y., OH, H. M. and JIN, L. 2017. Blastomonas fulva sp. nov., aerobic photosynthetic bacteria isolated from a Microcystis culture. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 3071-3076.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Blastomonas marina Meng et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SSR2A-4-2=CGMCC 1.15297=DSM 103453.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KX250272.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. marina, of the sea, marine. Referring to the isolation source of this micro-organism, seawater.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: MENG, Y. C., LIU, H. C., KANG, Y. Q., ZHOU, Y. G. and CAI, M. 2017. Blastomonas marina sp. nov., a bacteriochlorophyll-containing bacterium isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 3015-3019.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Blastomonas natatoria (Sly 1985) Sly and Cahill 1997, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) EY 4220 = ACM 2507 = ATCC 35951= CIP 106842 = DSM 3183 = HAMBI 2081 = IFO (now NBRC) 15649 = JCM 10396 = JCM 12333 = LMG 17322 = NCIMB 12085.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB024288.
Basonym: ¤ Blastobacter natatorius Sly 1985.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. natatoria, of or belonging to a swimmer, that serves to swim with, natatory; intended to mean pertaining to a swimming place (pool).
Valid publication: SLY (L.I.) and CAHILL (M.M.): Transfer of Blastobacter natatorius (Sly 1985) to the genus Blastomonas gen. nov. as Blastomonas natatoria comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 566-568.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Sphingomonas natatoria (Sly 1985) Yabuuchi et al. 1999, comb. nov.
→ Blastomonas natatoria (Sly 1985) Sly and Cahill 1997 emend. Hiraishi et al. 2000.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) EY 4220 = ACM 2507 = ATCC 35951= CIP 106842 = DSM 3183 = IFO (now NBRC) 15649 = JCM 10396 = JCM 12333 = LMG 17322 = NCIMB 12085.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB024288.
Basonym: ¤ Blastobacter natatorius Sly 1985.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. natatoria, of or belonging to a swimmer, that serves to swim with, natatory; intended to mean pertaining to a swimming place (pool).
Reference: HIRAISHI (A.), KURAISHI (H.) and KAWAHARA (K.): Emendation of the description of Blastomonas natatoria (Sly 1985) Sly and Cahill 1997 as an aerobic photosynthetic bacterium and reclassification of Erythromonas ursincola Yurkov et al. 1997 as Blastomonas ursincola comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1113-1118.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note 1: According to Hiraishi et al. 2000 [1], Blastomonas natatoria (Sly 1985) Sly and Cahill 1997 emend. Hiraishi et al. 2000 and ¤ Erythromonas ursincola Yurkov et al. 1997 may be classified as different species in a single genus. According to Rule 44, the generic name Blastomonas Sly and Cahill 1997 has priority. Phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic data confirm that the genus Blastomonas is distinct from the genus ¤ Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990 and other genera of the α-4 group of the α-Proteobacteria. These data turn down the proposal of Yabuuchi et al. 1999 [2, 3] for transfer of Blastomonas natatoria and ¤ Erythromonas ursincola to the genus ¤ Sphingomonas.
References:
1 HIRAISHI (A.), KURAISHI (H.) and KAWAHARA (K.): Emendation of the description of Blastomonas natatoria (Sly 1985) Sly and Cahill 1997 as an aerobic photosynthetic bacterium and reclassification of Erythromonas ursincola Yurkov et al. 1997 as Blastomonas ursincola comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1113-1118.
Original article by Hiraishi et al. 2000 in IJSEM Online
2 YABUUCHI (E.), KOSAKO (Y.), NAKA (T.), SUZUKI (S.) and YANO (I.): Proposal of Sphingomonas suberifaciens (van Bruggen, Jochimsen and Brown 1990) comb. nov., Sphingomonas natatoria (Sly 1985) comb. nov., Sphingomonas ursincola (Yurkov et al. 1997) comb. nov., and emendation of the genus Sphingomonas. Microbiol. Immunol., 1999, 43, 339-349.
Original article Online
3 Validation List no. 70. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 935-936.
Validation List no. 70 in IJSEM Online
Note 2: In the September issue 2002 of the IJSEM, Yabuuchi et al. propose that ¤ Blastomonas ursincola (Yurkov et al. 1997) Hiraishi et al. 2000 be a later synonym of ¤ Sphingomonas ursincola (Yurkov et al. 1997) Yabuuchi et al. 1999. About Blastomonas natatoria (Sly 1985) Sly and Cahill 1997 emend. Hiraishi et al. 2000, the paper by Yabbuchi et al. is not obvious!
Blastomonas quesadae Castro et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 912=CECT 9186=LMG 29921.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KX990274.
Etymology: N.L. fem. gen. n. quesadae, from Quesada, named in honour of Professor Emilia Quesada, as a tribute to the contributions of her studies on halophilic bacteria.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: CASTRO, D. J., LLAMAS, I., BEJAR, V. and MARTINEZ-CHECA, F. 2017. Blastomonas quesadae sp. nov., isolated from a saline soil by dilution-to-extinction cultivation. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 2001-2007.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Blastomonas ursincola (Yurkov et al. 1997) Hiraishi et al. 2000, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KR-99 = EY 4250 = CIP 106843 = DSM 9006 = JCM 10397 = JCM 13370.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB024289.
Basonym: ¤ Erythromonas ursincola Yurkov et al. 1997.
Other synonym: ¤ Sphingomonas ursincola (Yurkov et al. 1997) Yabuuchi et al. 1999.
Etymology: L. n. ursus, bear; L. n. incola, inhabitant, dweller; N.L. n. ursincola, intended top mean neighbor or compatriot of bears.
Valid publication: HIRAISHI (A.), KURAISHI (H.) and KAWAHARA (K.): Emendation of the description of Blastomonas natatoria (Sly 1985) Sly and Cahill 1997 as an aerobic photosynthetic bacterium and reclassification of Erythromonas ursincola Yurkov et al. 1997 as Blastomonas ursincola comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1113-1118.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: According to Hiraishi et al. 2000 [1], ¤ Erythromonas ursincola Yurkov et al. 1997 and ¤ Blastomonas natatoria (Sly 1985) Sly and Cahill 1997 emend. Hiraishi et al. 2000 may be classified as different species in a single genus. According to Rule 44, the generic name Blastomonas Sly and Cahill 1997 has priority. Phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic data confirm that the genus Blastomonas is distinct from the genus ¤ Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990 and other genera of the α-4 group of the α-Proteobacteria. These data turn down the proposal of Yabuuchi et al. 1999 [2, 3] for transfer of ¤ Erythromonas ursincola and ¤ Blastomonas natatoria to the genus ¤ Sphingomonas.
References:
1 HIRAISHI (A.), KURAISHI (H.) and KAWAHARA (K.): Emendation of the description of Blastomonas natatoria (Sly 1985) Sly and Cahill 1997 as an aerobic photosynthetic bacterium and reclassification of Erythromonas ursincola Yurkov et al. 1997 as Blastomonas ursincola comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1113-1118.
Original article by Hiraishi et al. 2000 in IJSEM Online
2 YABUUCHI (E.), KOSAKO (Y.), NAKA (T.), SUZUKI (S.) and YANO (I.): Proposal of Sphingomonas suberifaciens (van Bruggen, Jochimsen and Brown 1990) comb. nov., Sphingomonas natatoria (Sly 1985) comb. nov., Sphingomonas ursincola (Yurkov et al. 1997) comb. nov., and emendation of the genus Sphingomonas. Microbiol. Immunol., 1999, 43, 339-349.
Original article Online
3 Validation List no. 70. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 935-936.
Validation List no. 70 in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Sphingomonas ursincola (Yurkov et al. 1997) Yabuuchi et al. 1999.
Reference: YABUUCHI (E.), KOSAKO (Y.), FUJIWARA (N.), NAKA (T.), MATSUNAGA (I.), OGURA (H.) and KOBAYASHI (K.): Emendation of the genus Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990 and junior objective synonymy of the species of three genera, Sphingobium, Novosphingobium and Sphingopyxis, in conjunction with Blastomonas ursincola. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1485-1496.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Notes:
1 Blastomonas ursincola (Yurkov et al. 1997) Hiraishi et al. 2000 is a later homotypic synonym of Sphingomonas ursincola (Yurkov et al. 1997) Yabuuchi et al. 1999.
2 In the paper by Yabuuchi et al. 2002, Blastomonas ursincola is sometimes cited as Blastobacter (sic) ursincola.