Genus Gelidibacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 5
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).
Gelidibacter Bowman et al. 1997, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Gelidibacter algens Bowman et al. 1997.
Etymology: L. adj. gelidus,
ice-cold, very cold, icy; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L.
masc. n. Gelidibacter, icy rod.
Reference: BOWMAN (J.P.), McCAMMON (S.A.), BROWN (J.L.), NICHOLS (P.D.) and McMEEKIN (T.A.): Psychroserpens burtonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., and Gelidibacter algens gen. nov., sp. nov., psychrophilic bacteria isolated from Antarctic lacustrine and sea ice habitats. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 670-677.
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Gelidibacter algens Bowman et al. 1997, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ACAM 536 = ATCC 700364.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: U62914.
Etymology: L. part. adj.
algens (from L. v. algeo,
Reference: BOWMAN (J.P.), McCAMMON (S.A.), BROWN (J.L.), NICHOLS (P.D.) and McMEEKIN (T.A.): Psychroserpens burtonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., and Gelidibacter algens gen. nov., sp. nov., psychrophilic bacteria isolated from Antarctic lacustrine and sea ice habitats. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 670-677.
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Gelidibacter gilvus Bowman and Nichols 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IC158 = ACAM 1054 = CIP 108531.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF001369.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. gilvus, pale yellow.
Valid publication: BOWMAN (J.P.) and NICHOLS (D.S.): Novel members of the family Flavobacteriaceae from Antarctic maritime habitats including Subsaximicrobium wynnwilliamsii gen. nov., sp. nov., Subsaximicrobium saxinquilinus sp. nov., Subsaxibacter broadyi gen. nov., sp. nov., Lacinutrix copepodicola gen. nov., sp. nov., and novel species of the genera Bizionia, Gelidibacter and Gillisia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1471-1486.
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Gelidibacter mesophilus Macián et al. 2002, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 2SM29 = CECT 5103 = DSM 14095.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ344133.
Etymology: Gr. n. mesos,
middle; N.L. masc. adj. philus (from Gr. masc. adj. philos),
loving; N.L. masc. adj. mesophilus, middle
(temperature)-loving, mesophilic.
Reference: MACIÁN (M.C.), PUJALTE (M.J.), MÁRQUEZ (M.C.), LUDWIG (W.), VENTOSA (A.), GARAY (E.) and SCHLEIFER (K.H.): Gelidibacter mesophilus sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium in the family Flavobacteriaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1325-1329.
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Gelidibacter salicanalis Bowman and Nichols 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IC162 = ACAM 1053 = CIP 108532.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY694009.
Etymology: L. n. sal salis, salt; L. n. canalis -is, channel; N.L. gen. n. salicanalis,
of a salt channel, referring to the sea-ice brine channel habitat of
this species.
Reference: BOWMAN (J.P.) and NICHOLS (D.S.): Novel members of the family Flavobacteriaceae from Antarctic maritime habitats including Subsaximicrobium wynnwilliamsii gen. nov., sp. nov., Subsaximicrobium saxinquilinus sp. nov., Subsaxibacter broadyi gen. nov., sp. nov., Lacinutrix copepodicola gen. nov., sp. nov., and novel species of the genera Bizionia, Gelidibacter and Gillisia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1471-1486.
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Gelidibacter sediminis Zhang and Margesin 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) S11-41=DSM 28135=LMG 28076.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP015830.
Etymology: L. gen. n. sediminis, of sediment.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: ZHANG, D.-C. and MARGESIN, R. 2015. Gelidibacter sediminis sp. nov., isolated from a sediment sample of the Yellow Sea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 2304-2309.
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