Genus Coraliomargarita
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Coraliomargarita Yoon et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Coraliomargarita akajimensis Yoon et al. 2007.
Etymology: Gr. n. koralion, coral; L. fem. n. margarita, a pearl; N.L. fem. n. Coraliomargarita, coral pearl, referring to a white-colony-forming, coccoid micro-organism isolated from seawater in a sample bottle of hard coral.
Valid publication: YOON (J.), YASUMOTO-HIROSE (M.), KATSUTA (A.), SEKIGUCHI (H.), MATSUDA (S.), KASAI (H.) and YOKOTA (A.): Coraliomargarita akajimensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia' isolated from seawater in Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 959-963.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Coraliomargarita akajimensis Yoon et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 04OKA010-24 = DSM 45221 = IAM 15411 = JCM 23193 = KCTC 12865 = MBIC06463 = NBRC 103620.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: CP001998 (complete genome).
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. akajimensis, pertaining to Akajima, an island in Okinawa, from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: YOON (J.), YASUMOTO-HIROSE (M.), KATSUTA (A.), SEKIGUCHI (H.), MATSUDA (S.), KASAI (H.) and YOKOTA (A.): Coraliomargarita akajimensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia' isolated from seawater in Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 959-963.
Original article in IJSEM Online