Genus Formosa
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 6
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).
Formosa Ivanova et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Formosa algae Ivanova et al. 2004.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. (L. fem. adj. used as a substantive) Formosa, finely formed, beautiful, handsome.
Valid publication: IVANOVA (E.P.), ALEXEEVA (Y.V.), FLAVIER (S.), WRIGHT (J.P.), ZHUKOVA (N.V.), GORSHKOVA (N.M.), MIKHAILOV (V.V.), NICOLAU (D.V.) and CHRISTEN (R.): Formosa algae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 705-711.
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→ Formosa Ivanova et al. 2004 emend. Nedashkovskaya et al. 2006.
Reference: NEDASHKOVSKAYA (O.I.), KIM (S.B.), VANCANNEYT (M.), SNAUWAERT (C.), LYSENKO (A.M.), ROHDE (M.), FROLOVA (G.M.), ZHUKOVA (N.V.), MIKHAILOV (V.V.), BAE (K.S.), OH (H.W.) and SWINGS (J.): Formosa agariphila sp. nov., a budding bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from marine environments, and emended description of the genus Formosa. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 161-167.
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Formosa agariphila Nedashkovskaya et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DSM 15362 = KCTC 12365 = KMM 3901 = LMG 23005.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY187688.
Etymology: N.L. n. agarum, agar; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. agariphila, agar-loving.
Valid publication: NEDASHKOVSKAYA (O.I.), KIM (S.B.), VANCANNEYT (M.), SNAUWAERT (C.), LYSENKO (A.M.), ROHDE (M.), FROLOVA (G.M.), ZHUKOVA (N.V.), MIKHAILOV (V.V.), BAE (K.S.), OH (H.W.) and SWINGS (J.): Formosa agariphila sp. nov., a budding bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from marine environments, and emended description of the genus Formosa. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 161-167.
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Formosa algae Ivanova et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CIP 107684 = KCTC 12364 = KMM 3553.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY228461.
Etymology: L. fem. gen. n. algae of an alga, pertaining to the source of isolation, brown algae.
Valid publication: IVANOVA (E.P.), ALEXEEVA (Y.V.), FLAVIER (S.), WRIGHT (J.P.), ZHUKOVA (N.V.), GORSHKOVA (N.M.), MIKHAILOV (V.V.), NICOLAU (D.V.) and CHRISTEN (R.): Formosa algae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 705-711.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Formosa algae Ivanova et al. 2004 emend. Nedashkovskaya et al. 2006.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CIP 107684 = KCTC 12364 = KMM 3553.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY228461.
Etymology: L. fem. gen. n. algae of an alga, pertaining to the source of isolation, brown algae.
Reference: NEDASHKOVSKAYA (O.I.), KIM (S.B.), VANCANNEYT (M.), SNAUWAERT (C.), LYSENKO (A.M.), ROHDE (M.), FROLOVA (G.M.), ZHUKOVA (N.V.), MIKHAILOV (V.V.), BAE (K.S.), OH (H.W.) and SWINGS (J.): Formosa agariphila sp. nov., a budding bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from marine environments, and emended description of the genus Formosa. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 161-167.
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Formosa arctica Kwon et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IMCC9485=KACC 17484=KCCM 42937=NBRC 106080.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF148059.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. arctica, northern, from the Arctic, referring to the site where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Reference: KWON, T., BAEK, K., LEE, K., KANG, I. and CHO, J. C. 2014. Formosa arctica sp. nov., isolated from Arctic seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 78-82.
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Formosa haliotis Tanaka et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LMG 28520=NBRC 111189.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LC005522.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. haliotis, named after the scientific name of the abalone Haliotis.
Source: Animal.
Valid publication: TANAKA, R., CLEENWERCK, I., MIZUTANI, Y., IEHATA, S., SHIBATA, T., MIYAKE, H., MORI, T., TAMARU, Y., UEDA, M., BOSSIER, P. and VANDAMME, P. 2015. Formosa haliotis sp. nov., a brown-alga-degrading bacterium isolated from the gut of the abalone Haliotis gigantea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 4388-4393.
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Formosa spongicola Yoon and Oh 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) A2 = DSM 22637 = KCTC 22662.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ348469.
Etymology: L. spongia, a sponge; L. masc./fem. suffix n. -cola (from L. n. incola) inhabitant; N.L. n. (nominative in apposition) spongicola, inhabitant of sponges.
Valid publication: YOON (B.J.) and OH (D.C.): Formosa spongicola sp. nov., isolated from the marine sponge Hymeniacidon flavia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 330-333.
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Formosa undariae Park et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) WS-MY3=KCTC 32328=CECT 8286.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC832835.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. undariae, named after the generic name of the brown algae Undaria pinnatifida, which was growing in the reservoir from which the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Reference: PARK, S., LEE, J.-S., LEE, K.-C. and YOON, J.-H. 2013. Formosa undariae sp. nov., isolated from a reservoir containing the brown algae Undaria pinnatifida. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4130-4135.
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