Genus Draconibacterium
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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").
Draconibacterium Du et al. 2014, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Draconibacterium orientale Du et al. 2014.
Etymology: L. masc. n. draco -onis, snake; L. n. bacterium, staff, rod and, in biology, a bacterium; N.L. neut. n. Draconibacterium, the dragon bacterium.
Valid publication: DU, Z.-J., WANG, Y., DUNLAP, C., ROONEY, A. P. and CHEN, G.-J. 2014. Draconibacterium orientale gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from two distinct marine environments, and proposal of Draconibacteriaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1690-1696.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Draconibacterium orientale Du et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) FH5=DSM 25947=CICC 10585.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JQ683778.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. orientale, of or belonging to the east, oriental.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: DU, Z.-J., WANG, Y., DUNLAP, C., ROONEY, A. P. and CHEN, G.-J. 2014. Draconibacterium orientale gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from two distinct marine environments, and proposal of Draconibacteriaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1690-1696.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Draconibacterium sediminis Du et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JN14CK-3=MCCC 1A00734=KCTC 42152.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KM255689.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: JRHC00000000.
Etymology: L. gen. n. sediminis, of sediment, referring to the sediment of the Jiulong River, where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: DU, J., LAI, Q., LIU, Y., DONG, C., XIE, Y. and SHAO, Z. 2015. Draconibacterium sediminis sp. nov., isolated from river sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 2310-2314.
Original article in IJSEM Online