Genus Enhydrobacter
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Enhydrobacter Staley et al. 1987, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Enhydrobacter aerosaccus Staley et al. 1987.
Etymology: Gr. adj. enudros (Latin transliteration enhydros) living in or by water, aquatic N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Enhydrobacter, aquatic rod.
Valid publication: STALEY (J.T.), IRGENS (R.L.) and BRENNER (D.J.): Enhydrobacter aerosaccus gen. nov., sp. nov., a gas-vacuolated, facultatively anaerobic, heterotrophic rod. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1987, 37, 289-291.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Enhydrobacter aerosaccus Staley et al. 1987, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 27094= LMG 21877.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ550856.
Etymology: Gr. n. aer aeros, air; Gr. n. sakkos, sack, bag; N.L. n. aerosaccus, bag filled with air, gas vacuolate.
Valid publication: STALEY (J.T.), IRGENS (R.L.) and BRENNER (D.J.): Enhydrobacter aerosaccus gen. nov., sp. nov., a gas-vacuolated, facultatively anaerobic, heterotrophic rod. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1987, 37, 289-291.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: There is a striking contrast between the original description and the phylogenetic position as given by the sequence AJ550856 (strain LMG 21877 = ATCC 27094.
Reference: FALSEN (E.): Personal communication (November 08, 2008).