Genus Bombella
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Bombella Li et al. 2015, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Bombella intestini Li et al. 2015.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Bombella, named after the bumble bee genus, Bombus, from which the first isolate of this genus was obtained.
Valid publication: LI, L., PRAET, J., BORREMANS, W., NUNES, O. C., MANAIA, C. L. M., CLEENWERCK, I., MEEUS, I., SMAGGHE, G., DE VUYST, L. and VANDAMME, P. 2015. Bombella intestini gen. nov., sp. nov., an acetic acid bacterium isolated from bumble bee crop. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 267-273
Original article in IJSEM Online
Bombella apis Yun et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MRM1=KCTC 52452=JCM 31623.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU534110.
Etymology: L. gen. fem. n. apis, of/from a honey bee, the genus name of the honey bee Apis mellifera.
Source: Animal.
Valid publication: YUN, J. H., LEE, J. Y., HYUN, D. W., JUNG, M. J. and BAE, J. W. 2017. Bombella apis sp. nov., an acetic acid bacterium isolated from the midgut of a honey bee. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 2184-2188.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Bombella intestini Li et al. 2015, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) R-52487=LMG 28161=DSM 28636.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KJ584313.
Etymology: L. gen. n. intestini, of the gut.
Source: Animal.
Valid publication: LI, L., PRAET, J., BORREMANS, W., NUNES, O. C., MANAIA, C. L. M., CLEENWERCK, I., MEEUS, I., SMAGGHE, G., DE VUYST, L. and VANDAMME, P. 2015. Bombella intestini gen. nov., sp. nov., an acetic acid bacterium isolated from bumble bee crop. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 267-273
Original article in IJSEM Online