Genus Catenibacterium
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Catenibacterium Kageyama and Benno 2000, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Catenibacterium mitsuokai Kageyama and Benno 2000.
Etymology: L. n. catena, chain; L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Catenibacterium, chain rodlet.
Valid publication: KAGEYAMA (A.) and BENNO (Y.): Catenibacterium mitsuokai gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive anaerobic bacterium isolated from human faeces. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1595-1599.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Catenibacterium mitsuokai Kageyama and Benno 2000, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) RCA 14-39 = CCUG 48821 A = CCUG 48821 B = CIP 106738 = JCM 10609.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB030224.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. mitsuokai, of Mitsuoka, named after K. Mitsuoka, a Japanese microbiologist.
Valid publication: KAGEYAMA (A.) and BENNO (Y.): Catenibacterium mitsuokai gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive anaerobic bacterium isolated from human faeces. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1595-1599.
Original article in IJSEM Online