Genus Falsirhodobacter
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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").
Falsirhodobacter Subhash et al. 2013, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Falsirhodobacter halotolerans Subhash et al. 2013.
Etymology: L. adj. falsus, false; N.L. masc. n. Rhodobacter, a bacterial generic name; N.L. masc. n. Falsirhodobacter, false Rhodobacter, referring to its phylogenetic proximity to Rhodobacter.
Valid publication: SUBHASH (Y.), TUSHAR (L.), SASIKALA (C.) and RAMANA (C.V.): Falsirhodobacter halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from dry soils of a solar saltern. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 2132-2137.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Falsirhodobacter deserti Wang et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) W402=ACCC 05851=KCTC 32408.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF268394.
Etymology: L. gen. n. deserti, referring to the isolation of the type strain from desert.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: WANG, L., ZHOU, Z., WU, G., CHEN, M., LIN, M., ZHANG, W. and CHEN, W. 2015. Falsirhodobacter deserti sp. nov., isolated from sandy soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 650-655
Original article in IJSEM Online
Falsirhodobacter halotolerans Subhash et al. 2013, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JA744 = KCTC 32158 = NBRC 108897.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HE662814.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. part. adj. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. halotolerans, salt tolerating.
Valid publication: SUBHASH (Y.), TUSHAR (L.), SASIKALA (C.) and RAMANA (C.V.): Falsirhodobacter halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from dry soils of a solar saltern. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 2132-2137.
Original article in IJSEM Online