Genus Fusibacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
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).
Fusibacter Ravot et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Fusibacter paucivorans Ravot et al. 1999.
Etymology: L. n. fusus, a spindle; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Fusibacter, a small spindle-shaped rod.
Valid publication: RAVOT (G.), MAGOT (M.), FARDEAU (M.L.), PATEL (B.K.C.), THOMAS (P.), GARCIA (J.L.) and OLLIVIER (B.): Fusibacter paucivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thiosulfate-reducing bacterium from an oil-producing well. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol, 1999, 49, 1141-1147.
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Fusibacter bizertensis Smii et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LTF Kr01=DSM 28034=JCM 19376.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KJ420408.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. bizertensis, of or belonging to Bizerte, a town in the north of Tunisia.
Source: Industrial.
Valid publication: SMII, L., BEN HANIA, W., CAYOL, J.-L., JOSEPH, M., HAMDI, M., OLLIVIER, B. and FARDEAU, M.-L. 2015. Fusibacter bizertensis sp. nov., isolated from a corroded kerosene storage tank. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 117-121
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Fusibacter fontis Fadhlaoui et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KhalAKB1=DSM 28450=JCM 19912.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LM999901.
Etymology: L. masc. gen. n. fontis, of a spring.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: FADHLAOUI, K., BEN HANIA, W., POSTEC, A., FAUQUE, G., HAMDI, M., OLLIVIER, B. and FARDEAU, M. L. 2015. Fusibacter fontis sp. nov., a sulfur-reducing, anaerobic bacterium isolated from a mesothermic Tunisian spring Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 3501-3506.
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Fusibacter paucivorans Ravot et al. 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SEBR 4211 = ATCC 700852= DSM 12116.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF050099.
Etymology: L. adj. paucus, few; L. v. voro, to devour; N.L. part. adj. paucivorans, intended to mean a bacterium that utilizes few substrates.
Valid publication: RAVOT (G.), MAGOT (M.), FARDEAU (M.L.), PATEL (B.K.C.), THOMAS (P.), GARCIA (J.L.) and OLLIVIER (B.): Fusibacter paucivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thiosulfate-reducing bacterium from an oil-producing well. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol, 1999, 49, 1141-1147.
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Fusibacter tunisiensis Ben Hania et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BELH1 = DSM 24436 = JCM 17481.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FR851323.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. tunisiensis, of or belonging to Tunisia, the country where the bacterium was first recovered.
Valid publication: BEN HANIA (W.), FRAJ (B.), POSTEC (A.), FADHLAOUI (K.), HAMDI (M.), OLLIVIER (O.) and FARDEAU (M.L.): Fusibacter tunisiensis sp. nov., isolated from an anaerobic reactor used to treat olive-mill wastewater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1365-1368.
Original article in IJSEM Online