Genus Foliisarcina
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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").
Foliisarcina Alvarenga et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Foliisarcina bertiogensis Alvarenga et al. 2016.
Etymology: L. neut. n. folium, a leaf; L. fem. n. sarcina, a package; N.L. fem. n. Foliisarcina, a package-like organism from a leaf; referring to the colony morphology of this cyanobacterium.
Valid publication: ALVARENGA, D. O., RIGONATO, J., BRANCO, L. H., MELO, I. S. and FIORE, M. F. 2016. Phyllonema aviceniicola gen. nov., sp. nov. and Foliisarcina bertiogensis gen. nov., sp. nov., epiphyllic cyanobacteria associated with Avicennia schaueriana leaves. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 689-700.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Foliisarcina bertiogensis Alvarenga et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CENA333.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KT731153.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. bertiogensis, from the Bertioga municipality, São Paulo, Brazil.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: ALVARENGA, D. O., RIGONATO, J., BRANCO, L. H., MELO, I. S. and FIORE, M. F. 2016. Phyllonema aviceniicola gen. nov., sp. nov. and Foliisarcina bertiogensis gen. nov., sp. nov., epiphyllic cyanobacteria associated with Avicennia schaueriana leaves. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 689-700.
Original article in IJSEM Online