Genus Cuniculiplasma
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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").
Cuniculiplasma Golyshina et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Cuniculiplasma divulgatum Golyshina et al. 2016.
Etymology: L. n. cuniculum, a cave, mine, subterranean path; Gr. neut. n. plasma, something shaped or moulded; N.L. neut. n. Cuniculiplasma, a form living in a mine or underground.
Valid publication: GOLYSHINA, O. V., LÜNSDORF, H., KUBLANOV, I. V., GOLDENSTEIN, N. I., HINRICHS, K. U. and GOLYSHIN, P. N. 2016. The novel extremely acidophilic, cell-wall-deficient archaeon Cuniculiplasma divulgatum gen. nov., sp. nov. represents a new family, Cuniculiplasmataceae fam. nov., of the order Thermoplasmatales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 332-340.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Cuniculiplasma divulgatum Golyshina et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) S5=JCM 30642=VKM B-2941.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KT005321.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. divulgatum, common, widespread.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: GOLYSHINA, O. V., LÜNSDORF, H., KUBLANOV, I. V., GOLDENSTEIN, N. I., HINRICHS, K. U. and GOLYSHIN, P. N. 2016. The novel extremely acidophilic, cell-wall-deficient archaeon Cuniculiplasma divulgatum gen. nov., sp. nov. represents a new family, Cuniculiplasmataceae fam. nov., of the order Thermoplasmatales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 332-340.
Original article in IJSEM Online