Genus Ferrimonas
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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).
Ferrimonas Rosselló-Mora et al. 1996, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Ferrimonadaceae Ivanova et al. 2004).
Type species: ¤ Ferrimonas balearica Rosselló-Mora et al. 1996.
Etymology: L. n. ferrum, iron; L. fem. n. monas, monad, unit; N.L. fem. n. Ferrimonas, iron (III)-reducing cell.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 56. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 362-363.
Effective publication: ROSSELLÓ-MORA (R.), LUDWIG (W.), KÄMPFER (P.), AMANN (R.) and SCHLEIFER (K.H.): Ferrimonas balearica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new marine facultative Fe(III)-reducing bacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1995, 18, 196-202.
Validation List no. 56 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Ferrimonas balearica Rosselló-Mora et al. 1996, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) PAT = DSM 9799.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: CP002209 (complete genome).
Etymology: L. fem. adj. balearica, pertaining to the Balearaic Islands where the organism was isolated.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 56. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 362-363.
Effective publication: ROSSELLÓ-MORA (R.), LUDWIG (W.), KÄMPFER (P.), AMANN (R.) and SCHLEIFER (K.H.): Ferrimonas balearica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new marine facultative Fe(III)-reducing bacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1995, 18, 196-202.
Validation List no. 56 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Ferrimonas futtsuensis Nakagawa et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) FUT3661 = DSM 18154 = NBRC 101558.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB245515.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. futtsuensis, from Futtsu, the place of isolation.
Valid publication: NAKAGAWA (T.), IINO (T.), SUZUKI (K.) and HARAYAMA (S.): Ferrimonas futtsuensis sp. nov. and Ferrimonas kyonanensis sp. nov., selenate-reducing bacteria belonging to the Gammaproteobacteria isolated from Tokyo Bay. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2639-2645.
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Ferrimonas gelatinilytica Rahman and Cha 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CJ24=KACC 17065=JCM 18720.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC017768.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. gelatinum, gelatin; N.L. fem. adj. lytica (from Gr. fem. adj. lutikê) able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. gelatinilytica, gelatin-dissolving, referring to the property of being able to hydrolyse gelatin.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Reference: RAHMAN, M. M. and CHA, C. J. 2013. Ferrimonas gelatinilytica sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4309-4314.
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Ferrimonas kyonanensis Nakagawa et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Asr22-7 = DSM 18153 = NBRC 101286.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB245514.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. kyonanensis, from Kyonan, the place of isolation.
Valid publication: NAKAGAWA (T.), IINO (T.), SUZUKI (K.) and HARAYAMA (S.): Ferrimonas futtsuensis sp. nov. and Ferrimonas kyonanensis sp. nov., selenate-reducing bacteria belonging to the Gammaproteobacteria isolated from Tokyo Bay. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2639-2645.
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Ferrimonas marina Katsuta et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) A4D-4 = DSM 16917 = MBIC06480 = NBRC 102583.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB193751.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. marina, of, or belonging to, the sea, marine.
Valid publication: KATSUTA (A.), ADACHI (K.), MATSUDA (S.), SHIZURI (Y.) and KASAI (H.): Ferrimonas marina sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1851-1855.
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Ferrimonas pelagia Yim et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CBA4601=KACC 16695=KCTC 32029=JCM 18401.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JQ780822.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. pelagia of or belonging to the sea.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Reference: YIM, K. J., LEE, M., LEE, H.-W., KIM, K.-N., YANG, H.-M., KIM, M.-J., HYUN, D.-W., BAE, J.-W., NAM, Y.-D., YOON, C., KIM, M.-S., ROH, S. W. and KIM, D. 2013. Ferrimonas pelagia sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 3175-3179.
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Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JYr13 = DSM 23317 = LMG 25564.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GU391222.
Etymology: L. gen. pl. n. sediminum, of sediments, pertaining to source of isolation.
Valid publication: JI (S.), ZHAO (R.), LI (Z.), LI (B.), SHI (X.) and ZHANG (X.H.): Ferrimonas sediminum sp. nov., isolated from coastal sediment of an amphioxus breeding zone. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 977-981.
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Ferrimonas senticii Campbell et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) P2S11 = ATCC BAA-1480 = DSM 18821.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ778094.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. senticii, of Sentic, named in honour of Sinisa Sentic for scientific and philosophical discussions.
Valid publication: CAMPBELL (S.), HARADA (R.M.) and LI (Q.X.): Ferrimonas senticii sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium isolated from the mucus of a puffer fish caught in Kaneohe Bay, Hawai'i. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2670-2673.
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