Genus Chelonobacter
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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").
Chelonobacter Gregersen et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Chelonobacter oris Gregersen et al. 2009.
Etymology: Gr. n. chelone -es, a tortoise; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Chelonobacter, rod isolated from tortoise.
Valid publication: GREGERSEN (R.H.), NEUBAUER (C.), CHRISTENSEN (H.), BOJESEN (A.M.), HESS (M.) and BISGAARD (M.): Comparative studies on [Pasteurella] testudinis and [P.] testudinis-like bacteria and proposal of Chelonobacter oris gen. nov., sp. nov. as a new member of the family Pasteurellaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1583-1588.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Chelonobacter oris Gregersen et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: strain 1662 = CCUG 55632 = DSM 21392.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU331064.
Etymology: L. n. os oris, mouth; L. gen. n. oris, of/from the mouth.
Valid publication: GREGERSEN (R.H.), NEUBAUER (C.), CHRISTENSEN (H.), BOJESEN (A.M.), HESS (M.) and BISGAARD (M.): Comparative studies on [Pasteurella] testudinis and [P.] testudinis-like bacteria and proposal of Chelonobacter oris gen. nov., sp. nov. as a new member of the family Pasteurellaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1583-1588.
Original article in IJSEM Online