Genus Fontimonas
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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").
Fontimonas Losey et al. 2013, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Fontimonas thermophila Losey et al. 2013.
Etymology: L. n. fons fontis, a spring, fountain; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Fontimonas, a monad (bacterium) isolated from a spring.
Valid publication: LOSEY (N.A.), STEVENSON (B.S.), VERBARG (S.), RUDD (S.), MOORE (E.R.B.) and LAWSON (P.A.): Fontimonas thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a freshwater hot spring, and proposal of Solimonadaceae fam. nov. to replace Sinobacteraceae Zhou et al. 2008. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 254-259.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The word fons (genitive fontis) is a Latin noun, not a Latin adjective as cited in the paper by Losey et al. 2013.
Fontimonas thermophila Losey et al. 2013, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HA-01 = CCUG 59713 = DSM 23609.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JN415769.
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. thermophila, heat-loving.
Valid publication: LOSEY (N.A.), STEVENSON (B.S.), VERBARG (S.), RUDD (S.), MOORE (E.R.B.) and LAWSON (P.A.): Fontimonas thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a freshwater hot spring, and proposal of Solimonadaceae fam. nov. to replace Sinobacteraceae Zhou et al. 2008. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 254-259.
Original article in IJSEM Online