Genus Congregibacter
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: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Congregibacter Spring et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: Congregibacter litoralis Spring et al. 2009.
Etymology: L. adj. congregus -a -um, united in flocks; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Congregibacter, a rod that grows in flocks.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 128. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1555-1556.
Effective publication: SPRING (S.), LÜNSDORF (H.), FUCHS (B.M.) and TINDALL (B.J.): The photosynthetic apparatus and its regulation in the aerobic gammaproteobacterium Congregibacter litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov. PLoS ONE. 2009, 4, e4866.
Validation List no. 128 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Congregibacter litoralis Spring et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KT71 = DSM 17192 = NBRC 104960.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AAOA01000004.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. litoralis, of or belonging to the sea-shore, pertaining to the habitat from where the organism was isolated.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 128. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1555-1556.
Effective publication: SPRING (S.), LÜNSDORF (H.), FUCHS (B.M.) and TINDALL (B.J.): The photosynthetic apparatus and its regulation in the aerobic gammaproteobacterium Congregibacter litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov. PLoS ONE. 2009, 4, e4866.
Validation List no. 128 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online