Genus Brockia
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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").
Brockia Perevalova et al. 2013, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Brockia lithotrophica Perevalova et al. 2013.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Brockia, named in honour of the American microbiologist Thomas Dale Brock for his invaluable impact to our knowledge of thermophilic prokaryotes inhabiting volcanic environments.
Valid publication: PEREVALOVA (A.A.), KUBLANOV (I.V.), BASLEROV (R.V.), ZHANG (G.) and BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.): Brockia lithotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium from a terrestrial hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 479-483.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Brockia lithotrophica Perevalova et al. 2013, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Kam1851 = DSM 22653 = VKM B-2685.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ540553.
Etymology: Gr. n. lithos, stone; N.L. fem. adj. trophica (from Gr. fem. adj. trophikê), nursing, tending or feeding; N.L. fem. adj. lithotrophica, inorganic-substrate-consuming.
Valid publication: PEREVALOVA (A.A.), KUBLANOV (I.V.), BASLEROV (R.V.), ZHANG (G.) and BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.): Brockia lithotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium from a terrestrial hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 479-483.
Original article in IJSEM Online