Genus Carboxydocella
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Carboxydocella Sokolova et al. 2002, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Carboxydocella thermautotrophica Sokolova et al. 2002.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. carboxydum, carbon monoxide; L. fem. n. cella, a storeroom, chamber, and in biology a cell; N.L. fem. n. Carboxydocella, carbon monoxide-utilizing bacterium.
Valid publication: SOKOLOVA (T.G.), KOSTRIKINA (N.A.), CHERNYH (N.A.), TOUROVA (T.P.), KOLGANOVA (T.V.) and BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.): Carboxydocella thermautotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, CO-utilizing thermophile from a Kamchatkan hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1961-1967.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Carboxydocella manganica Slobodkina et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SLM 61 = DSM 23132 = VKM B-2609.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GU584133.
Etymology: N.L. n. manganum, manganese; L. fem. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. manganica, pertaining to manganese.
Valid publication: SLOBODKINA (G.B.), PANTELEEVA (A.N.), SOKOLOVA (T.G.), BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.) and SLOBODKIN (A.I.): Carboxydocella manganica sp. nov., a thermophilic, dissimilatory Mn(IV)- and Fe(III)-reducing bacterium from a Kamchatka hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 890-894.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Carboxydocella sporoproducens Slepova et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Kar = DSM 16521 = VKM B-2358.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY673988.
Etymology: Gr. n. spora, a seed and, in biology, a spore; L. part. adj. producens, producing; N.L. part. adj. sporoproducens, spore-producing.
Valid publication: SLEPOVA (T.V.), SOKOLOVA (T.G.), LYSENKO (A.M.), TOUROVA (T.P.), KOLGANOVA (T.V.), KAMZOLKINA (O.V.), KARPOV (G.A.) and BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.): Carboxydocella sporoproducens sp. nov., a novel anaerobic CO-utilizing/H2-producing thermophilic bacterium from a Kamchatka hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 797-800.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Carboxydocella thermautotrophica Sokolova et al. 2002, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 41 = DSM 12326 = VKM B-2282.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY061974.
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, hot; Gr. adv. autos, self; Gr. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending; N.L. fem. adj. thermautotrophica, indicating that the organism grows at elevated temperatures and uses carbon monoxide as sole source for carbon and energy.
Valid publication: SOKOLOVA (T.G.), KOSTRIKINA (N.A.), CHERNYH (N.A.), TOUROVA (T.P.), KOLGANOVA (T.V.) and BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA (E.A.): Carboxydocella thermautotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, CO-utilizing thermophile from a Kamchatkan hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1961-1967.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: In the paper by Sokolova et al. 2002, the type strain DSM 12326 is erroneously cited as DSM 12356.
Reference: WEISS (N.): Personal communication (November 27, 2002).