Genus Cyclobacterium
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 8
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).
Cyclobacterium Raj and Maloy 1990, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Cyclobacteriaceae Nedashkovskaya and Ludwig 2012).
Type species: ¤ Cyclobacterium marinum corrig. (Raj 1976) Raj and Maloy 1990.
Etymology: Gr. n. kuklos, a circle; L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Cyclobacterium, a circle-shaped bacterium.
Valid publication: RAJ (H.D.) and MALOY (S.R.): Proposal of Cyclobacterium marinus gen. nov., comb. nov., for a marine bacterium previously assigned to the genus Flectobacillus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1990, 40, 337-347.
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→ Cyclobacterium Raj and Maloy 1990 emend. Ying et al. 2006.
Reference: YING (J.Y.), WANG (B.J.), YANG (S.S.) and LIU (S.J.): Cyclobacterium lianum sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from sediment of an oilfield in the South China Sea, and emended description of the genus Cyclobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2927-2930.
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→ Cyclobacterium Raj and Maloy 1990 emend. Ying et al. 2006 emend. Jung et al. 2013.
Reference: JUNG, Y.-T., LEE, J.-S. and YOON, J.-H. 2013. Cyclobacterium caenipelagi sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat sediment, and emended description of the genus Cyclobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 3158-3163.
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→ Cyclobacterium Raj and Maloy 1990 emend. Ying et al. 2006 emend. Jung et al. 2013 emend. Chen et al. 2014.
Valid publication: CHEN, Z., YANG, L., LI, Y., LAI, Q., ZHANG, H., WEI, J., ZHOU, Y., LEI, X., ZHENG, W., TIAN, Y., XIONG, X. and ZHENG, T. 2014. Cyclobacterium xiamenense sp. nov., isolated from aggregates of Chlorella autotrophica, and emended description of the genus Cyclobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 887-893.
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Cyclobacterium amurskyense Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KCTC 12363 = KMM 6143 = LMG 23026.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY960985.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. amurskyense, of or belonging to Amursky Bay, from which the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: NEDASHKOVSKAYA (O.I.), KIM (S.B.), LEE (M.S.), PARK (M.S.), LEE (K.H.), LYSENKO (A.M.), OH (H.W.), MIKHAILOV (V.V.) and BAE (K.S.): Cyclobacterium amurskyense sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium isolated from sea water. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 2391-2394.
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Cyclobacterium caenipelagi Jung et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HD-17=KCTC 32178=CCUG 63247.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JX515600.
Etymology: L. n. caenum -i, mud; L. n. pelagus -i, the sea; N.L. gen. n. caenipelagi, of mud of the sea, from which the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Reference: JUNG, Y.-T., LEE, J.-S. and YOON, J.-H. 2013. Cyclobacterium caenipelagi sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat sediment, and emended description of the genus Cyclobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 3158-3163.
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Cyclobacterium halophilum Shahinpei et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) GASx41=IBRC-M 10761=CECT 8341.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF601245.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: Gr. n. halo, salt; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -è -on), friend, loving; N.L. neut. adj. halophilum, salt-loving.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: SHAHINPEI, A., AMOOZEGAR, M. A., SEPAHY, A. A., SCHUMANN, P. and VENTOSA, A. 2014. Cyclobacterium halophilum sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from a coastal-marine wetland. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1000-1005.
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Cyclobacterium jeungdonense Joung et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HMD3055=KCTC 23150=CECT 7706.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GU291862.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. jeungdonense, of or belonging to Jeungdo, a Korean island from where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: JOUNG, Y., KIM, H., KIM, S. B. and JOH, K. 2014. Cyclobacterium jeungdonense sp. nov., isolated from a solar saltern. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 11-15.
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Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HY9 = CGMCC 1.6102 = JCM 14011.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ534063.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. lianum, pertaining to Li, named in honour of Professor Ji-Lun Li, who devoted himself to microbiological research and education in China.
Valid publication: YING (J.Y.), WANG (B.J.), YANG (S.S.) and LIU (S.J.): Cyclobacterium lianum sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from sediment of an oilfield in the South China Sea, and emended description of the genus Cyclobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2927-2930.
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Cyclobacterium marinum corrig. (Raj 1976) Raj and Maloy 1990, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Raj = ATCC 25205= DSM 745 = LMG 13164.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY533665, CP002955 (complete genome).
Basonym: ¤ Flectobacillus marinus (Raj 1976) Borrall and Larkin 1978 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonym: "Microcyclus marinus" Raj 1976.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. marinum, of the sea, marine.
Valid publication: RAJ (H.D.) and MALOY (S.R.): Proposal of Cyclobacterium marinus gen. nov., comb. nov., for a marine bacterium previously assigned to the genus Flectobacillus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1990, 40, 337-347.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The original spelling of the specific epithet, marinus (sic), has been corrected by Euzéby 1998.
Reference: EUZÉBY (J.P.): Taxonomic note: necessary correction of specific and subspecific epithets according to Rules 12c and 13b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria (1990 Revision). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 1073-1075.
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Cyclobacterium qasimii Shivaji et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) M12-11B = KCTC 23011 = NBRC 106168.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FN377719.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. qasimii, of Qasim, named in honour of Professor S. Z. Qasim, the founder of polar biology in India.
Valid publication: SHIVAJI (S.), REDDY (P.V.V.), RAO (S.S.S.N.), BEGUM (Z.), MANASA (P.) and SRINIVAS (T.N.R.): Cyclobacterium qasimii sp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium isolated from Arctic marine sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2133-2139.
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Cyclobacterium xiamenense Chen et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KD51=CGMCC 1.12432=KCTC 32253.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC206024.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. xiamenense, of Xiamen, a city in Fujian Province, China, where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: CHEN, Z., YANG, L., LI, Y., LAI, Q., ZHANG, H., WEI, J., ZHOU, Y., LEI, X., ZHENG, W., TIAN, Y., XIONG, X. and ZHENG, T. 2014. Cyclobacterium xiamenense sp. nov., isolated from aggregates of Chlorella autotrophica, and emended description of the genus Cyclobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 887-893.
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