Genus Emticicia
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 8
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).
Emticicia Saha and Chakrabarti 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Emticicia oligotrophica Sha and Chakrabarti 2006.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Emticicia, arbitrarily formed from the acronym MTCC for Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank, where this investigation was carried out.
Valid publication: SAHA (P.) and CHAKRABARTI (T.): Emticicia oligotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family 'Flexibacteraceae', phylum Bacteroidetes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 991-995.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Emticicia aquatica Joung et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HMF2925=KCTC 42574=CECT 8858.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP765737.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. aquatica, living, growing, or found in or by the water, aquatic.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: JOUNG, Y., SEO, M. A., KANG, H., KIM, H., AHN, T. S., CHO, J. C. and JOH, K. 2015. Emticicia aquatica sp. nov., a species of the family Cytophagaceae isolated from fresh water. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 4358-4362.
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Emticicia aquatilis Ngo et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) THG-DN6.14=KACC 18540=CGMCC 1.15958.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KT885191.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. aquatilis, aquatic, growing in water.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: NGO, H. T. T., TRINH, H., YANG, J. E., WON, K. H., CHU, D. H., KOOK, M. and YI, T. H. 2017. Emticicia aquatilis sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater sample. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1703-1708.
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Emticicia fontis Nam et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IMCC1731=KCTC 52248=JCM 31373.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ664246.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. gen. n. fontis, of a pond or fountain, referring to the isolation source of the type strain.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: NAM, G. G., JOUNG, Y., SONG, J., LIM, Y. and CHO, J. C. 2016. Emticicia fontis sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater pond. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 5161-5166.
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Emticicia ginsengisoli Liu et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Gsoil 085 = KCTC 12588 = LMG 23396.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB245370.
Etymology: N.L. n. ginsengum, ginseng; L. n. solum, soil; N.L. gen. n. ginsengisoli, of soil from a ginseng field, the source of the type strain.
Valid publication: LIU (Q.M.), TEN (L.N.), YU (H.S.), JIN (F.X.), IM (W.T.) and LEE (S.T.): Emticicia ginsengisoli sp. nov., a species of the family 'Flexibacteraceae' isolated from soil of a ginseng field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1100-1105.
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Emticicia oligotrophica Saha and Chakrabarti 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) GPTSA100-15 = DSM 17448 = MTCC 6937.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY904352.
Etymology: Gr. adj. oligos, few; Gr. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending or feeding; N.L. fem. adj. oligotrophica, eating little, referring to a bacterium living on low-nutrient media.
Valid publication: SAHA (P.) and CHAKRABARTI (T.): Emticicia oligotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family 'Flexibacteraceae', phylum Bacteroidetes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 991-995.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Emticicia paludis Kang et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HMF3850=KCTC 42851=CECT 9087.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KT273906.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. gen. n. paludis, of a wetland, of a swamp, of a marsh.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: KANG, H., KIM, H., JOUNG, Y. and JOH, K. 2016. Emticicia paludis sp. nov., isolated from wetland freshwater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3383-3387.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Emticicia sediminis Park et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JBR12=KACC 17466=JCM 19321.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF309174.
Etymology: L. gen. n. sediminis, of sediment.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: PARK, S. E., LEE, S., KIM, H. and AHN, T. Y. 2015. Emticicia sediminis sp. nov. isolated from sediment of a shallow stream. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 2496-2499.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Emticicia soli Chen et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ZZ-4=KCTC 52344=CCTCC AB 2016137.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KX910785.
Etymology: L. neut. gen. n. soli, of soil, referring to the isolation source of the type strain.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: CHEN, Q., ZANG, X. X., HANG, X., WANG, H. M., JIA, W. B., LI, S. P., JIANG, J. D. and CHEN, K. 2017. Emticicia soli sp. nov., a novel member of the family 'Flexibacteraceae', isolated from tetrabromobisphenol A-contaminated soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 2885-2890.
Original article in IJSEM Online