Genus Camelimonas
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Camelimonas Kämpfer et al. 2010, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Camelimonas lactis Kämpfer et al. 2010.
Etymology: L. n. camelus, a camel with either one or two humps; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Camelimonas, a monad isolated from camels.
Valid publication: KÄMPFER (P.), SCHOLZ (H.C.), LANGER (S.), WERNERY (U.), WERNERY (R.), JOHNSON (B.), JOSEPH (M.), LODDERS (N.) and BUSSE (H.J.): Camelimonas lactis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the milk of camels. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2382-2386.
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Camelimonas abortus Kämpfer et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) UK34/07-5 = CCM 7941 = CCUG 61094 = CIP 110303 = DSM 24741.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FR851926.
Etymology: L. gen. n. abortus, of a miscarriage, an abortion, referring to the isolation of the type strain from the placental tissue of a cow following a case of abortion.
Valid publication: KÄMPFER (P.), SCHOLZ (H.C.), LODDERS (N.), LONCARIC (I.), WHATMORE (A.M.) and BUSSE (H.J.): Camelimonas abortus sp. nov., isolated from placental tissue of cattle. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1117-1120.
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Camelimonas fluminis Zhang et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) XZ2=KCTC 42282=ACCC 19738.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KM979560.
Etymology: L. neut. gen. n. fluminis, of a river.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: ZHANG, L., SONG, M., CAO, Q., WU, S., ZHAO, Y., HUANG, J. W., CHEN, K., LI, S. P., XIA, Z. Y. and JIANG, J. D. 2015. Camelimonas fluminis sp. nov., a cyhalothrin-degrading bacterium isolated from river water. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 3109-3114.
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Camelimonas lactis Kämpfer et al. 2010, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) M 2040 = CCM 7696 = CCUG 58638.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FN430422.
Etymology: L. gen. n. lactis, of/from milk, referring to milk as the isolation source of the first reported strains.
Valid publication: KÄMPFER (P.), SCHOLZ (H.C.), LANGER (S.), WERNERY (U.), WERNERY (R.), JOHNSON (B.), JOSEPH (M.), LODDERS (N.) and BUSSE (H.J.): Camelimonas lactis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the milk of camels. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2382-2386.
Original article in IJSEM Online