Genus Defluviitalea
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
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).
Defluviitalea Jabari et al. 2012, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Defluviitaleaceae Jabari et al. 2012).
Type species: ¤ Defluviitalea saccharophila Jabari et al. 2012.
Etymology: L. n. defluvium, sewage, wastewater; L. fem. n. talea, a rod; N.L. fem. n. Defluviitalea, a rod isolated from wastewater.
Valid publication: JABARI (L.), GANNOUN (H.), CAYOL (J.L.), HAMDI (M.), FAUQUE (G.), OLLIVIER (B.) and FARDEAU (M.L.): Characterization of Defluviitalea saccharophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from an upflow anaerobic filter treating abattoir wastewaters, and proposal of Defluviitaleaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 550-555.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Defluviitalea raffinosedens Ma et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) A6=DSM 28090=ACCC 19951.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF766957.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. raffinosum, raffinose; L. pres. part. edens, eating; N.L. part. adj. raffinosedens, raffinose-eating.
Source: Industrial/agricultural.
Valid publication: MA, S., HUANG, Y., WANG, C., FAN, H., DAI, L., ZHOU, Z., LIU, X. and DENG, Y. 2017. Defluviitalea raffinosedens sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic, saccharolytic bacterium isolated from an anaerobic batch digester treating animal manure and rice straw. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1607-1612.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Defluviitalea saccharophila Jabari et al. 2012, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LIND6LT2 = 6LT2 = DSM 22681 = JCM 16312.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ020487.
Etymology: Gr. n. sakchar -aros, sugar; N.L. fem. adj. phila (from Gr. fem adj. philê), friendly to, loving; N.L. fem. adj. saccharophila, sugar-loving).
Valid publication: JABARI (L.), GANNOUN (H.), CAYOL (J.L.), HAMDI (M.), FAUQUE (G.), OLLIVIER (B.) and FARDEAU (M.L.): Characterization of Defluviitalea saccharophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from an upflow anaerobic filter treating abattoir wastewaters, and proposal of Defluviitaleaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 550-555.
Original article in IJSEM Online