Genus Chthonobacter
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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").
Chthonobacter Kim et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Chthonobacter albigriseus Kim et al. 2017.
Etymology: Gr. n. chthon, soil; N.L. n. bacter (from Gr. bakterion), rod; N.L. masc. n. Chthonobacter, a rod-shaped soil bacterium.
Valid publication: KIM, D., KANG, K. and AHN, T. Y. 2017. Chthonobacter albigriseus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from grass-field soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 883-888.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Chthonobacter albigriseus Kim et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ED7=JCM 30603=KCTC 42450.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP289282.
Etymology: L. adj. albus, white; L. adj. griseus, grey; N.L. adj. albigriseus, greyish-white.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: KIM, D., KANG, K. and AHN, T. Y. 2017. Chthonobacter albigriseus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from grass-field soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 883-888.
Original article in IJSEM Online