Genus Fermentimonas
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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").
Fermentimonas Hahnke et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Fermentimonas caenicola Hahnke et al. 2016.
Etymology: L. v. fermento, to ferment; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, a monad; N.L. fem. n. Fermentimonas, a fermenting monad.
Valid publication: HAHNKE, S., LANGER, T., KOECK, D. E. and KLOCKE, M. 2016. Description of Proteiniphilum saccharofermentans sp. nov., Petrimonas mucosa sp. nov. and Fermentimonas caenicola gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from mesophilic laboratory-scale biogas reactors, and emended description of the genus Proteiniphilum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 1466-1475; erratum 2454.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Fermentimonas caenicola Hahnke et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ING2-E5B=DSM 28696=CECT 8609=LMG 28429.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP233810.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: L. n. caenum, mud, sludge; L. suff. -cola (from L. n. incola), inhabitant, dweller; N.L. n. caenicola, sludge dweller.
Source: Industrial.
Valid publication: HAHNKE, S., LANGER, T., KOECK, D. E. and KLOCKE, M. 2016. Description of Proteiniphilum saccharofermentans sp. nov., Petrimonas mucosa sp. nov. and Fermentimonas caenicola gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from mesophilic laboratory-scale biogas reactors, and emended description of the genus Proteiniphilum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 1466-1475; erratum 2454.
Original article in IJSEM Online