Genus Bosea
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 9
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).
Bosea Das et al. 1996, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Bosea thiooxidans Das et al. 1996.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Bosea, named in honour of J. C. Bose, the founder of the Bose Institute, where the type species Bosea thiooxidans was isolated.
Valid publication: DAS (S.K.), MISHRA (A.K.), TINDALL (B.J.), RAINEY (F.A.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Oxidation of thiosulfate by a new bacterium, Bosea thiooxidans (strain BI-42) gen. nov., sp. nov.: analysis of phylogeny based on chemotaxonomy and 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 981-987.
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→ Bosea Das et al. 1996 emend. La Scola et al. 2003.
Reference: LA SCOLA (B.), MALLET (M.N.), GRIMONT (P.A.D.) and RAOULT (D.): Bosea eneae sp. nov., Bosea massiliensis sp. nov. and Bosea vestrisii sp. nov., isolated from hospital water supplies, and emendation of the genus Bosea (Das et al. 1996). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 15-20.
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Bosea eneae La Scola et al. 2003, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 34614 = CIP 106338 = CCUG 43111.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF288300.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. eneae, of Enea, to honour Maryse Enea, a technician in the Unité des Rickettsies, for her many contributions to the isolation of obligate intracellular bacteria, especially Rickettsiaceae.
Valid publication: LA SCOLA (B.), MALLET (M.N.), GRIMONT (P.A.D.) and RAOULT (D.): Bosea eneae sp. nov., Bosea massiliensis sp. nov. and Bosea vestrisii sp. nov., isolated from hospital water supplies, and emendation of the genus Bosea (Das et al. 1996). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 15-20.
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Bosea lathyri De Meyer and Willems 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) R-46060 = CCUG 61247 = LMG 26379.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FR774993.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. lathyri, of Lathyrus, botanical name of a genus of leguminous plants, referring to the host from which this species was first isolated.
Valid publication: DE MEYER (S.E.) and WILLEMS (A.): Multilocus sequence analysis of Bosea species and description of Bosea lupini sp. nov., Bosea lathyri sp. nov. and Bosea robiniae sp. nov., isolated from legumes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2505-2510.
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Bosea lupini De Meyer and Willems 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) R-45681 = CCUG 61248 = LMG 26383.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FR774992.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. lupini, of Lupinus, botanical name of a genus of leguminous plants, referring to the host from which this species was first isolated.
Valid publication: DE MEYER (S.E.) and WILLEMS (A.): Multilocus sequence analysis of Bosea species and description of Bosea lupini sp. nov., Bosea lathyri sp. nov. and Bosea robiniae sp. nov., isolated from legumes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2505-2510.
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Bosea massiliensis La Scola et al. 2003, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 63287 = CIP 106336 = CCUG 43117.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF288309.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. massiliensis, pertaining to Massilia, the ancient Roman name of Marseille, France, where the organism was isolated.
Valid publication: LA SCOLA (B.), MALLET (M.N.), GRIMONT (P.A.D.) and RAOULT (D.): Bosea eneae sp. nov., Bosea massiliensis sp. nov. and Bosea vestrisii sp. nov., isolated from hospital water supplies, and emendation of the genus Bosea (Das et al. 1996). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 15-20.
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Bosea minatitlanensis Ouattara et al. 2003, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AMX 51 = ATCC 700918= CIP 106457 = DSM 13099.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF273081.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. minatitlanensis, of Minatitlán, a town in the south of Veracruz state in Mexico, where the anaerobic sludge of a pilot-scale reactor was sampled to inoculate the lab-scale UASB reactor from which the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: OUATTARA (A.S.), ASSIH (E.A.), THIERRY (S.), CAYOL (J.L.), LABAT (M.), MONROY (O.) and MACARIE (H.): Bosea minatitlanensis sp. nov., a strictly aerobic bacterium isolated from an anaerobic digester. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1247-1251.
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Bosea robiniae De Meyer and Willems 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) R-46070 = CCUG 61249 = LMG 26381.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FR774994.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. robiniae, of Robinia, botanical name of a genus of leguminous plants, referring to the host from which this species was first isolated.
Valid publication: DE MEYER (S.E.) and WILLEMS (A.): Multilocus sequence analysis of Bosea species and description of Bosea lupini sp. nov., Bosea lathyri sp. nov. and Bosea robiniae sp. nov., isolated from legumes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2505-2510.
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Bosea thiooxidans Das et al. 1996, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BI 42 = ATCC 700366= DSM 9653.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ250796.
Etymology: Gr. n. theion (Latin transliteration thium), sulfur; N.L. v. oxido (from Gr. adj. oxus, sour, acid), to oxidize; N.L. part. adj. thiooxidans, oxidizing sulfur.
Valid publication: DAS (S.K.), MISHRA (A.K.), TINDALL (B.J.), RAINEY (F.A.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Oxidation of thiosulfate by a new bacterium, Bosea thiooxidans (strain BI-42) gen. nov., sp. nov.: analysis of phylogeny based on chemotaxonomy and 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 981-987.
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Bosea vaviloviae Safronova et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Vaf-18=LMG 28367=RCAM 02129.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KJ721000.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: -.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 164. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65 (2015), 2017-2025.
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Effective publication: Safronova, V.I., Kuznetsova, I.G., Sazanova, A.L., Kimeklis, A.K., Belimov, A.A., Andronov, E.E., Pinaev, A.G., Chizhevskaya, E.P., Pukhaev, A.R., Popov, K.P., Willems, A. and Tikhonovich, I.A. 2015. Bosea vaviloviae sp. nov., a new species of slow-growing rhizobia isolated from nodules of the relict species Vavilovia formosa (Stev.) Fed. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 107, 911-920.
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Bosea vestrisii La Scola et al. 2003, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 34635 = CIP 106340 = CCUG 43114.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF288306.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. vestrisii, of Vestris, to honour Guy Vestris, a technician in the Unité des Rickettsies, for his many contributions to the isolation of obligate intracellular bacteria, especially Rickettsiaceae.
Valid publication: LA SCOLA (B.), MALLET (M.N.), GRIMONT (P.A.D.) and RAOULT (D.): Bosea eneae sp. nov., Bosea massiliensis sp. nov. and Bosea vestrisii sp. nov., isolated from hospital water supplies, and emendation of the genus Bosea (Das et al. 1996). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 15-20.
Original article in IJSEM Online