Genus Fontibacter
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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").
Fontibacter Kämpfer et al. 2010, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Fontibacter flavus Kämpfer et al. 2010.
Etymology: L. n. fons fontis, a spring; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Fontibacter, a rod isolated from a spring sample.
Valid publication: KÄMPFER (P.), YOUNG (C.C.), CHEN (W.M.), REKHA (P.D.), FALLSCHISSEL (K.), LODDERS (N.), CHOU (J.H.), SHEN (F.T.), FRISCHMANN (A.), BUSSE (H.J.) and ARUN (A.B.): Fontibacter flavus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family ‘Cyclobacteriaceae’, isolated from a hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2066-2070.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Fontibacter ferrireducens Zhang et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SgZ-2 = CCTCC M 2011498 = KACC 16525.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JQ348962.
Etymology: L. n. ferrum, iron; L. part. adj. reducens, leading back, bringing back and in chemistry, converting to a different oxidation state; N.L. part. adj. ferrireducens, reducing Fe(III) to Fe(II).
Valid publication: ZHANG (J.), YANG (G.), ZHOU (S.), WANG (Y.), YUAN (Y.) and ZHUANG (L.): Fontibacter ferrireducens sp. nov., an Fe(III)-reducing bacterium isolated from a microbial fuel cell. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 925-929.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Fontibacter flavus Kämpfer et al. 2010, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CC-GZM-130 = CCM 7650 = CCUG 57694.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FN421478.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. flavus, yellow.
Valid publication: KÄMPFER (P.), YOUNG (C.C.), CHEN (W.M.), REKHA (P.D.), FALLSCHISSEL (K.), LODDERS (N.), CHOU (J.H.), SHEN (F.T.), FRISCHMANN (A.), BUSSE (H.J.) and ARUN (A.B.): Fontibacter flavus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family ‘Cyclobacteriaceae’, isolated from a hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2066-2070.
Original article in IJSEM Online