Genus Desertibacter
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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").
Desertibacter Liu et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Desertibacter roseus Liu et al. 2011.
Etymology: L. n. desertum, desert; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Desertibacter, a desert bacterium.
Valid publication: LIU (M.), DAI (J.), LIU (Y.), CAI (F.), WANG (Y.), RAHMAN (E.) and FANG (C.): Desertibacter roseus gen. nov., sp. nov., a gamma radiation-resistant bacteria in the family Rhodospirillaceae, isolated from desert sand. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1109-1113.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Desertibacter Liu et al. 2011 emend. Jiang et al. 2014.
Reference: JIANG, F., XUE, X., QIU, X., ZHANG, K., CHANG, X., DA, X., TANG, Y., FANG, C., GUO, Y. and PENG, F. 2014. Desertibacter xinjiangensis sp. nov., isolated from the soil of a Euphrates poplar forest, and emended description of the genus Desertibacter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3690-3694.
Original article.
Desertibacter roseus Liu et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 2622 = CCTCC AB 208152 = KCTC 22436.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU833987.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. roseus, rose-coloured, pink.
Valid publication: LIU (M.), DAI (J.), LIU (Y.), CAI (F.), WANG (Y.), RAHMAN (E.) and FANG (C.): Desertibacter roseus gen. nov., sp. nov., a gamma radiation-resistant bacteria in the family Rhodospirillaceae, isolated from desert sand. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1109-1113.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Desertibacter xinjiangensis Jiang et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) M71=CCTCC AB 209291=CIP 110127.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC625488.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. xinjiangensis, pertaining to Xinjiang, an autonomous region in north-western China, where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: JIANG, F., XUE, X., QIU, X., ZHANG, K., CHANG, X., DA, X., TANG, Y., FANG, C., GUO, Y. and PENG, F. 2014. Desertibacter xinjiangensis sp. nov., isolated from the soil of a Euphrates poplar forest, and emended description of the genus Desertibacter. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3690-3694.
Original article in IJSEM Online