Genus Elstera
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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").
Elstera Rahalkar et al. 2012, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Elstera litoralis Rahalkar et al. 2012.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Elstera, named after Hans-Joachim Elster, a German limnologist working on Lake Constance who was one of the first to establish the importance of the littoral zone for the lake ecosystem.
Valid publication: RAHALKAR (M.), BAHULIKAR (R.A.), DEUTZMANN (J.S.), KROTH (P.G.) and SCHINK (B.): Elstera litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from stone biofilms of Lake Constance, Germany. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1750-1754.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Elstera cyanobacteriorum Cai et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TH019=CGMCC 1.15802=LMG 29721.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU569905.
Etymology: N.L. gen. pl. n. cyanobacteriorum, of cyanobacteria.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: CAI, H., ZENG, Y., WANG, Y. and JIANG, H. 2017. Elstera cyanobacteriorum sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from cyanobacterial aggregates in a eutrophic lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4272-4275.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Elstera litoralis Rahalkar et al. 2012, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Dia-1 = DSM 19532 = LMG 24234.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU678309.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. litoralis, belonging to the shore or the littoral.
Valid publication: RAHALKAR (M.), BAHULIKAR (R.A.), DEUTZMANN (J.S.), KROTH (P.G.) and SCHINK (B.): Elstera litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from stone biofilms of Lake Constance, Germany. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1750-1754.
Original article in IJSEM Online