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Genus Filibacter
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: 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).
Filibacter Maiden and Jones 1985, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Filibacter limicola Maiden and Jones 1985.
Etymology: L. n. filum, a thread; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Filibacter, thread rod.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 18. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1985, 35, 375-376.
Effective publication: MAIDEN (M.F.J.) and JONES (J.G.): A new filamentous, gliding bacterium, Filibacter limicola gen. nov. sp. nov., from lake sediment. J. Gen. Microbiol., 1984, 130, 2943-2959.
Validation List no. 18 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Filibacter limicola Maiden and Jones 1985, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) 1SS101 = ATCC 43646= NCIB (now NCIMB) 11923.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ292316.
Etymology: L. n. limus, mud; L. suff. -cola (from L. n. incola), dweller; N.L. masc. n. limicola, mud-dweller.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 18. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1985, 35, 375-376.
Effective publication: MAIDEN (M.F.J.) and JONES (J.G.): A new filamentous, gliding bacterium, Filibacter limicola gen. nov. sp. nov., from lake sediment. J. Gen. Microbiol., 1984, 130, 2943-2959.
Validation List no. 18 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online