Genus Filomicrobium
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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
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
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