Genus Cetia
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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").
Cetia Grosche et al. 2015, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Cetia pacifica Grosche et al. 2015.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Cetia (from Gr. n. Ketô, L. fem. n. Ceto, Greek sea goddess who personifies the dangers of the sea) goddess of sea monsters.
Valid publication: GROSCHE, A., SEKARAN, H., PÉREZ-RODRÍGUEZ, I., STAROVOYTOV, V. and VETRIANI, C. 2015. Cetia pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., a chemolithoautotrophic, thermophilic, nitrate-ammonifying bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 1144-1150..
Original article in IJSEM Online
Cetia pacifica Grosche et al. 2015, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TB-6=DSM 27783=JCM 19563.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF648717.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. pacifica, peaceful, referring to the Pacific Ocean, indicating the type strain’s origin of isolation.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: GROSCHE, A., SEKARAN, H., PÉREZ-RODRÍGUEZ, I., STAROVOYTOV, V. and VETRIANI, C. 2015. Cetia pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., a chemolithoautotrophic, thermophilic, nitrate-ammonifying bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 1144-1150.
Original article in IJSEM Online