Genus Collimonas
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Collimonas De Boer et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Collimonas fungivorans De Boer et al. 2004.
Etymology: L. masc. n. collis, hill; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Collimonas, cell from the hill.
Valid publication: DE BOER (W.), LEVEAU (J.H.J.), KOWALCHUK (G.A.), KLEIN GUNNEWIEK (P.J.A.), ABELN (E.C.A.), FIGGE (M.J.), SJOLLEMA (K.), JANSE (J.D.) and VAN VEEN (J.A.): Collimonas fungivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitinolytic soil bacterium with the ability to grow on living fungal hyphae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 857-864.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Collimonas antrihumi Lee 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) C3-17=KACC 19055=DSM 104040.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LT719158.
Etymology: L. neut. n. antrum, cave; L. fem. n. humus, soil; N.L. gen. fem. n. antrihumi, of soil inside a cave, referring to the sample from which the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: LEE, S. D. 2018. Collimonas antrihumi sp. nov., isolated from a natural cave and emended description of the genus Collimonas. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 2448-2453.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Collimonas arenae Höppener-Ogawa et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Ter10 = CCUG 54727 = LMG 23964 = NCCB 100031.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY281146.
Etymology: L. gen. n. arenae, of sand, referring to the isolation of strains from sandy soil.
Valid publication: HÖPPENER-OGAWA (S.), DE BOER (W.), LEVEAU (J.H.J.), VAN VEEN (J.A.), DE BRANDT (E.), VANLAERE (E.), SUTTON (H.), DARE (D.J.) and VANDAMME (P.): Collimonas arenae sp. nov. and Collimonas pratensis sp. nov., isolated from (semi-)natural grassland soils. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 414-419.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Collimonas fungivorans De Boer et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Ter6 = CCUG 48868 = LMG 21973 = NCCB 100033.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ310394.
Etymology: L. masc. n. fungus, a mushroom, fungus; L. part. adj. vorans, devouring eating; N.L. fem. part. adj. fungivorans, fungus-eating.
Valid publication: DE BOER (W.), LEVEAU (J.H.J.), KOWALCHUK (G.A.), KLEIN GUNNEWIEK (P.J.A.), ABELN (E.C.A.), FIGGE (M.J.), SJOLLEMA (K.), JANSE (J.D.) and VAN VEEN (J.A.): Collimonas fungivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitinolytic soil bacterium with the ability to grow on living fungal hyphae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 857-864.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Collimonas pratensis Höppener-Ogawa et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Ter91 = CCUG 54728 = LMG 23965.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY281137.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. pratensis, growing in a meadow, referring to the isolation of strains from grassland.
Valid publication: HÖPPENER-OGAWA (S.), DE BOER (W.), LEVEAU (J.H.J.), VAN VEEN (J.A.), DE BRANDT (E.), VANLAERE (E.), SUTTON (H.), DARE (D.J.) and VANDAMME (P.): Collimonas arenae sp. nov. and Collimonas pratensis sp. nov., isolated from (semi-)natural grassland soils. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 414-419.
Original article in IJSEM Online