Genus Cricetibacter
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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").
Cricetibacter Christensen et al. 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Cricetibacter osteomyelitidis Christensen et al. 2014.
Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Cricetus, a genus of hamster; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. cricetibacter, a rod-shaped bacterium isolated from the hamster genus Cricetus.
Valid publication: CHRISTENSEN, H., NICKLAS, W. and BISGAARD, M. 2014. Investigation of taxa of the family Pasteurellaceae isolated from Syrian and European hamsters and proposal of Mesocricetibacter intestinalis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Cricetibacter osteomyelitidis gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3636-3643.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Cricetibacter osteomyelitidis Christensen et al. 2014, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HIM 943/7=Kunstyr 507/85=CCUG 36451=DSM 28404.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF875566.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. osteomyelitidis, of osteomyelitis, inflammation of bone marrow.
Source: Veterinary.
Valid publication: CHRISTENSEN, H., NICKLAS, W. and BISGAARD, M. 2014. Investigation of taxa of the family Pasteurellaceae isolated from Syrian and European hamsters and proposal of Mesocricetibacter intestinalis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Cricetibacter osteomyelitidis gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3636-3643.
Original article in IJSEM Online