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Genus Filomicrobium

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: 2
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).


 

Filomicrobium Schlesner 1988, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Filomicrobium fusiforme Schlesner 1988.
Etymology: L. n. filum, thread; N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe; N.L. neut. n. Filomicrobium, thread-like microbe.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 25. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 220-222.
Effective publication: SCHLESNER (H.): Filomicrobium fusiforme gen. nov., sp. nov., a slender budding, hyphal bacterium from brackish water. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1987, 10, 63-67.
Validation List no. 25 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

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Filomicrobium fusiforme Schlesner 1988, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 35158= DSM 5304 = IFAM 1315.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: Y14313.
Etymology: L. n. fusus, spindle; L. adj. suffix -formis -is -e (from L. n. forma, figure, shape, appearance), -like, in the shape of; N.L. neut. adj. fusiforme, spindle-shaped.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 25. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 220-222.
Effective publication: SCHLESNER (H.): Filomicrobium fusiforme gen. nov., sp. nov., a slender budding, hyphal bacterium from brackish water. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1987, 10, 63-67.
Validation List no. 25 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

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Filomicrobium insigne Wu et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SLG5B-19 = CGMCC 1.6497 = LMG 23927.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF117253.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. insigne, distinguished by a mark, remarkable, extraordinary, referring to the remarkable phylogenetic relationship between the type strain and members of the genera Hyphomicrobium and Filomicrobium.
Valid publication: WU (X.L.), YU (S.L.), GU (J.), ZHAO (G.F.) and CHI (C.Q.): Filomicrobium insigne sp. nov., isolated from an oil-polluted saline soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 300-305.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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