Genus Ferruginibacter
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Ferruginibacter Lim et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Ferruginibacter alkalilentus Lim et al. 2009.
Etymology: L. n. ferrugo -inis, iron-rust, the color of iron-rust, dark-red; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Ferruginibacter, rust-coloured rod.
Valid publication: LIM (J.H.), BAEK (S.H.) and LEE (S.T.): Ferruginibacter alkalilentus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ferruginibacter lapsinanis sp. nov., novel members of the family 'Chitinophagacea' in the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from freshwater sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2394-2399.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Ferruginibacter alkalilentus Lim et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HU1-GD23 = KCTC 22306 = LMG 24312.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ177530.
Etymology: N.L. n. alkali (from Arabic article al, the; Arabic n. qaliy, ashes of saltwort), alkali; L. adj. lentus -a -um, slow, sluggish, indifferent, unconcerned, reluctant; N.L. masc. adj. alkalilentus, indifferent to alkaline solution, referring to negative reaction for the flexirubin-KOH test.
Valid publication: LIM (J.H.), BAEK (S.H.) and LEE (S.T.): Ferruginibacter alkalilentus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ferruginibacter lapsinanis sp. nov., novel members of the family 'Chitinophagaceae' in the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from freshwater sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2394-2399.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The Latin adjective lentus -a -um does not mean "tough, resistant" as cited in the paper by Lim et al. 2009.
→ Ferruginibacter alkalilentus Lim et al. 2009 emend. Kang et al. 2015.
Reference: KANG, H., KIM, H., JOUNG, Y., JANG, T. Y. and JOH, K. 2015. Ferruginibacter paludis sp. nov., isolated from wetland freshwater, and emended descriptions of Ferruginibacter lapsinanis and Ferruginibacter alkalilentus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 2635-2639.
Original article.
Ferruginibacter lapsinanis Lim et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HU1-HG42 = KCTC 22305 = LMG 24324.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ177532.
Etymology: L. n. lapsus -us, slipping, sliding, gliding; L. adj. inanis, empty, void; N.L. masc. adj. lapsinanis, void of gliding motility.
Valid publication: LIM (J.H.), BAEK (S.H.) and LEE (S.T.): Ferruginibacter alkalilentus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ferruginibacter lapsinanis sp. nov., novel members of the family 'Chitinophagaceae' in the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from freshwater sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2394-2399.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Ferruginibacter lapsinanis Lim et al. 2009 emend. Kang et al. 2015.
Reference: KANG, H., KIM, H., JOUNG, Y., JANG, T. Y. and JOH, K. 2015. Ferruginibacter paludis sp. nov., isolated from wetland freshwater, and emended descriptions of Ferruginibacter lapsinanis and Ferruginibacter alkalilentus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 2635-2639.
Original article.
Ferruginibacter paludis Kang et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HME8881=KCTC 42121=CECT 8366.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC690141.
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., JANG, T. Y. and JOH, K. 2015. Ferruginibacter paludis sp. nov., isolated from wetland freshwater, and emended descriptions of Ferruginibacter lapsinanis and Ferruginibacter alkalilentus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 2635-2639.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Ferruginibacter yonginensis Lee et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HME8442=KACC 17314=CECT 8289.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC690144.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: N/A.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. yonginensis, of or belonging to Yongin, Korea, from where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: LEE, B.-I., KANG, H., KIM, H., JOUNG, Y. and JOH, K. 2014. Ferruginibacter yonginensis sp. nov., isolated from a mesotrophic artificial lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 846-850.
Original article in IJSEM Online