Genus Formosimonas
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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").
Formosimonas Chen et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Formosimonas limnophila Chen et al. 2017.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Formosa, the island of Taiwan; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Formosimonas, a monad from Formosa , Taiwan.
Valid publication: CHEN, W. M., XIE, P. B., YOUNG, C. C. and SHEU, S. Y. 2017. Formosimonas limnophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Burkholderiaceae isolated from a freshwater lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 17-24.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Formosimonas limnophila Chen et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AHQ-12=BCRC 80690=LMG 27847=KCTC 32501.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HG421033.
Etymology: Gr. n. limnos, lake, pool of standing water; Gr. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. limnophila, lake-loving, isolated from a freshwater lake.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: CHEN, W. M., XIE, P. B., YOUNG, C. C. and SHEU, S. Y. 2017. Formosimonas limnophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Burkholderiaceae isolated from a freshwater lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 17-24.
Original article in IJSEM Online