Genus Deinobacter
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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").
Deinobacter Oyaizu et al. 1987, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Deinobacter grandis Oyaizu et al. 1987.
Etymology: Gr. adj. deinos (derived from a noun meaning fear, through the idea of forgetting the name of a fearful, i.e. strange), strange or unusual; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Deinobacter, unusual rod.
Valid publication: OYAIZU (H.), STACKEBRANDT (E.), SCHLEIFER (K.H.), LUDWIG (W.), POHLA (H.), ITO (H.), HIRATA (A.), OYAIZU (Y.) and KOMAGATA (K.): A radiation-resistant rod-shaped bacterium, Deinobacter grandis gen. nov., sp. nov., with peptidoglycan containing ornithine. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1987, 37, 62-67.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Deinococcus Brooks and Murray 1981.
Note: Rainey et al. 1997 propose to transfer ¤ Deinobacter grandis Oyaizu et al. 1987 (the type species of the genus Deinobacter) to the genus ¤ Deinococcus as ¤ Deinococcus grandis (Oyaizu et al. 1987) Rainey et al. 1997, comb. nov. According to Rule 37a, bacteriologists adhering to this proposal must change the name Deinobacter to ¤ Deinococcus.
Reference: RAINEY (F.A.), NOBRE (M.F.), SCHUMANN (P.), STACKEBRANDT (E.) and DA COSTA (M.S.): Phylogenetic diversity of the deinococci as determined by 16S ribosomal DNA sequence comparison. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 510-514.
Original article in IJSB Online
Deinobacter grandis Oyaizu et al. 1987, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KS 0485 = ATCC 43672= DSM 3963 = HAMBI 2161 = IAM 13005 = JCM 6269 = NBRC 101905.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: Y11329.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. grandis, large.
Valid publication: OYAIZU (H.), STACKEBRANDT (E.), SCHLEIFER (K.H.), LUDWIG (W.), POHLA (H.), ITO (H.), HIRATA (A.), OYAIZU (Y.) and KOMAGATA (K.): A radiation-resistant rod-shaped bacterium Deinobacter grandis gen. nov., sp. nov., with peptidoglycan containing ornithine. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1987, 37, 62-67.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: On page 66, the type strain is erroneously cited as IAM 13004.
→ ¤ Deinococcus grandis (Oyaizu et al. 1987) Rainey et al. 1997, comb. nov.