Genus Candidimonas
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
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").
Candidimonas Vaz-Moreira et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Candidimonas nitroreducens Vaz-Moreira et al. 2011.
Etymology: L. adj. candidus -a -um, white; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Candidimonas, a unit (rod) that produces white colonies.
Valid publication: VAZ-MOREIRA (I.), FIGUEIRA (V.), LOPES (A.R.), DE BRANDT (E.), VANDAMME (P.), NUNES (O.C.) and MANAIA (C.M.): Candidimonas nitroreducens gen. nov., sp. nov. and Candidimonas humi sp. nov., isolated from sewage sludge compost. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2238-2246.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Candidimonas Vaz-Moreira et al. 2011 emend. Zhang et al. 2012.
Reference: ZHANG (D.C.), BUSSE (H.J.), WIESER (C.), LIU (H.C.), ZHOU (Y.G.), SCHINNER (F.) and MARGESIN (R.): Candidimonas bauzanensis sp. nov., isolated from soil, and emended description of the genus Candidimonas Vaz-Moreira et al. 2011. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2084-2089.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Candidimonas bauzanensis Zhang et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BZ59 = CGMCC 1.10190 = DSM 22805 = LMG 26046.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GQ246953.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. bauzanensis, of or belonging to Bauzanum medieval Latin name of Bozen/Bolzano, a city in South Tyrol, Italy, where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: ZHANG (D.C.), BUSSE (H.J.), WIESER (C.), LIU (H.C.), ZHOU (Y.G.), SCHINNER (F.) and MARGESIN (R.): Candidimonas bauzanensis sp. nov., isolated from soil, and emended description of the genus Candidimonas Vaz-Moreira et al. 2011. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2084-2089.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Candidimonas humi Vaz-Moreira et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SC-092 = CCUG 55807 = LMG 24813.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FN556192.
Etymology: L. n. humus, earth, soil and, in earth sciences or agriculture, humus; L. gen. n. humi, of the soil, of the humus.
Valid publication: VAZ-MOREIRA (I.), FIGUEIRA (V.), LOPES (A.R.), DE BRANDT (E.), VANDAMME (P.), NUNES (O.C.) and MANAIA (C.M.): Candidimonas nitroreducens gen. nov., sp. nov. and Candidimonas humi sp. nov., isolated from sewage sludge compost. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2238-2246.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Candidimonas nitroreducens Vaz-Moreira et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SC-089 = CCUG 55806 = LMG 24812.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FN556191.
Etymology: N.L. n. nitras -atis, nitrate; N.L. pref. nitro-, pertaining to nitrate; L. part. adj. reducens, leading back, bringing back and, in chemistry, converting to a different oxidation state; N.L. part. adj. nitroreducens, reducing nitrate.
Valid publication: VAZ-MOREIRA (I.), FIGUEIRA (V.), LOPES (A.R.), DE BRANDT (E.), VANDAMME (P.), NUNES (O.C.) and MANAIA (C.M.): Candidimonas nitroreducens gen. nov., sp. nov. and Candidimonas humi sp. nov., isolated from sewage sludge compost. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2238-2246.
Original article in IJSEM Online