Genus Corallibacter
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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").
Corallibacter Kim et al. 2012, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Corallibacter vietnamensis Kim et al. 2012.
Etymology: L. n. corallum, coral; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Corallibacter, a rod from a coral, referring to the isolation of the first strains from the coral Palythoa sp.
Valid publication: KIM (S.B.), NEDASHKOVSKAYA (O.I.), ZHUKOVA (N.V.), KUKHLEVSKIY (A.D.) and MIKHAILOV (V.V.): Corallibacter vietnamensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 569-574.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: In the etymology provided by Kim et al. 2012, the latin noun corallum is erroneously cited as corallium.
Corallibacter vietnamensis Kim et al. 2012, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JCM 17525 = KCTC 23026 = KMM 6217.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ257254.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. vietnamensis, of or belonging to Vietnam, the country of origin of the type strain.
Valid publication: KIM (S.B.), NEDASHKOVSKAYA (O.I.), ZHUKOVA (N.V.), KUKHLEVSKIY (A.D.) and MIKHAILOV (V.V.): Corallibacter vietnamensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 569-574.
Original article in IJSEM Online