Genus Compostibacter
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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").
Compostibacter Siddiqi et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Compostibacter hankyongensis Siddiqi et al. 2016.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. compostum, compost; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Compostibacter, a rod from compost)..
Valid publication: SIDDIQI, M. Z., MUHAMMAD SHAFI, S., CHOI, K. D. and IM, W. T. 2016. Compostibacter hankyongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from compost. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3681-3687.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Compostibacter hankyongensis Siddiqi et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BS27=KACC 18745=JCM 17664.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JF806525.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. hankyongensis, pertaining to Hankyong National University Republic of Korea, where taxonomic studies of this taxon were performed.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: SIDDIQI, M. Z., MUHAMMAD SHAFI, S., CHOI, K. D. and IM, W. T. 2016. Compostibacter hankyongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from compost. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3681-3687.
Original article in IJSEM Online