Genus Filobacterium
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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").
Filobacterium Ike et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Filobacterium rodentium Ike et al. 2016.
Etymology: L. n. filum, a thread; Gr. dim. n. bakterion, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Filobacterium, a thread-like rodlet.
Valid publication: IKE, F., SAKAMOTO, M., OHKUMA, M., KAJITA, A., MATSUSHITA, S. and KOKUBO, T. 2016. Filobacterium rodentium gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of Filobacteriaceae fam. nov. within the phylum Bacteroidetes; includes a microaerobic filamentous bacterium isolated from specimens from diseased rodent respiratory tracts. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 150-157.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Filobacterium rodentium Ike et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SMR-C=JCM 19453=DSM 100392.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LC055729.
Etymology: N.L. pl. gen. n. rodentium; L. part. adj. rodens -entis, gnawing; of rodents, of gnawing animals.
Source: Animal.
Valid publication: IKE, F., SAKAMOTO, M., OHKUMA, M., KAJITA, A., MATSUSHITA, S. and KOKUBO, T. 2016. Filobacterium rodentium gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of Filobacteriaceae fam. nov. within the phylum Bacteroidetes; includes a microaerobic filamentous bacterium isolated from specimens from diseased rodent respiratory tracts. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 150-157.
Original article in IJSEM Online