Genus Gelatiniphilus
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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").
Gelatiniphilus Tang et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Gelatiniphilus marinus Tang et al. 2016.
Etymology: N.L. n. gelatinum, gelatin; Gr. adj. philos, loving, friendly to; N.L. masc. n. Gelatiniphilus, gelatin-loving, referring to the use of gelatin as a major energy source.
Valid publication: TANG, M., TAN, L., WU, H., DAI, S., LI, T., CHEN, C., LI, J., FAN, J., XIANG, W., LI, X. and WANG, G. 2016. Gelatiniphilus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium from the culture broth of a microalga, Picochlorum sp. 122, and emended description of the genus Hwangdonia Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2893-2898.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Gelatiniphilus marinus Tang et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) GYP-24=KCTC 42903=MCCC 1K01730.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KT727029.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. masc. adj. marinus, of the sea, marine.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: TANG, M., TAN, L., WU, H., DAI, S., LI, T., CHEN, C., LI, J., FAN, J., XIANG, W., LI, X. and WANG, G. 2016. Gelatiniphilus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium from the culture broth of a microalga, Picochlorum sp. 122, and emended description of the genus Hwangdonia Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2893-2898.
Original article in IJSEM Online