Genus Breoghania
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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").
Breoghania Gallego et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Breoghania corrubedonensis Gallego et al. 2011.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Breoghania, named after Breoghan, according to Celtic mythology (Leabhar Ghabhala, XII century), the first Celtic king of Gallaecia (actual Galicia), founder of the city of Brigantia (probably A Coruña) that built a tower on the coast from where Eire (Ireland) could be seen.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 137. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1-3.
Effective publication: GALLEGO (S.), VILA (J.), NIETO (J.M.), URDIAIN (M.), ROSSELLÓ-MÓRA (R.) and GRIFOLL (M.): Breoghania corrubedonensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium isolated from a Galician beach (NW Spain) after the Prestige fuel oil spill, and emended description of the family Cohaesibacteraceae and the species Cohaesibacter gelatinilyticus. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2010, 33, 316-321.
Validation List no. 137 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Breoghania corrubedonensis Gallego et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) UBF-P1 = CECT 7622 = DSM 23382 = LMG 25482.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GQ272328.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. corrubedonensis, of or belonging to Corrubedo, northwest Spain, isolated from the beach of Corrubedo, the location where the sand sample used to inoculate the enrichment cultures from which strain UBF-P1T was isolated.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 137. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1-3.
Effective publication: GALLEGO (S.), VILA (J.), NIETO (J.M.), URDIAIN (M.), ROSSELLÓ-MÓRA (R.) and GRIFOLL (M.): Breoghania corrubedonensis gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium isolated from a Galician beach (NW Spain) after the Prestige fuel oil spill, and emended description of the family Cohaesibacteraceae and the species Cohaesibacter gelatinilyticus. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2010, 33, 316-321.
Validation List no. 137 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online