Genus Crabtreella
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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").
Crabtreella Xie and Yokota 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Crabtreella saccharophila Xie and Yokota 2006.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Crabtreella, named after Dr K. Crabtree, the American microbiologist who isolated the type strain of the type species.
Valid publication: XIE (C.H.) and YOKOTA (A.): Zoogloea oryzae sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from rice paddy soil, and reclassification of strain ATCC 19623as Crabtreella saccharophila gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 619-624.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The species ¤ Crabtreella saccharophila Xie and Yokota 2006 (the type species of the genus Crabtreella) is a later homotypic synonym of ¤ Shinella zoogloides An et al. 2006. The genus name ¤ Shinella has priority over the genus name Crabtreella which could be regarded as illegitimate name according to Rules 51b (1) and 51b (2).
Crabtreella saccharophila Xie and Yokota 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 19623= IAM 12669 = NBRC 102405.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: D14255.
Etymology: Gr. n. sakchar -aros, sugar; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj., saccharophila, sugar-loving.
Valid publication: XIE (C.H.) and YOKOTA (A.): Zoogloea oryzae sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from rice paddy soil, and reclassification of strain ATCC 19623as Crabtreella saccharophila gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 619-624.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Notes:
- The type strain ATCC 19623= IAM 12669 was previously designated as a reference strain of ¤ Zoogloea ramigera Itzigsohn 1868 (Approved Lists 1980).
- Crabtreella saccharophila Xie and Yokota 2006 (type strain ATCC 19623= IAM 12669) is a later homotypic synonym of ¤ Shinella zoogloeoides An et al. 2006 (type strain I-16-M = ATCC 19623= IAM 12669).