Genus Gemmata
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Gemmata Franzmann and Skerman 1985, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Gemmata obscuriglobus Franzmann and Skerman 1985.
Etymology: L. v. gemmare, to put forth buds, to bud; N.L. fem. n. Gemmata (from L. fem. part. adj. gemmata, put forth buds, budded), budded (bacteria), referring to the cell division mode of the bacterium.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 18. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1985, 35, 375-376.
Effective publication: FRANZMANN (P.D.) and SKERMAN (V.B.D.): Gemmata obscuriglobus, a new genus and species of the budding bacteria. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek J. Microbiol. Serol., 1984, 50, 261-268.
Validation List no. 18 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ Gemmata Franzmann and Skerman 1985 emend. Scheuner et al. 2015.
Reference: SCHEUNER, C., TINDALL, B. J., LU, M., NOLAN, M., LAPIDUS, A., CHENG, J.-F., GOODWIN, L., PITLUCK, S., HUNTEMANN, M., LIOLIOS, K., PAGANI, I., MAVROMATIS, K., IVANOVA, N., PATI, A., CHEN, A., PALANIAPPAN, K., JEFFRIES, C. D., HAUSER, L., LAND, M., MWIRICHIA, R., ROHDE, M., ABT, B., DETTER, J. C., WOYKE, T., EISEN, J. A., MARKOWITZ, V., HUGENHOLTZ, P., GÖKER, M., KYRPIDES, N. C. and KLENK, H.-P. 2014. Complete genome sequence of Planctomyces brasiliensis type strain (DSM 5305T), phylogenomic analysis and reclassification of Planctomycetes including the descriptions of Gimesia gen. nov., Planctopirus gen. nov. and Rubinisphaera gen. nov. and emended descriptions of the order Planctomycetales and the family Planctomycetaceae. Stand. Genomic Sci., 9, 10.
Original article.
Gemmata obscuriglobus Franzmann and Skerman 1985, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DSM 5831 = UQM 2246.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X56305.
Etymology: L. adj. obscurus, dark; L. n. globus, a ball, sphere, globe; N.L. n. obscuriglobus, a dark sphere.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 18. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1985, 35, 375-376.
Effective publication: FRANZMANN (P.D.) and SKERMAN (V.B.D.): Gemmata obscuriglobus, a new genus and species of the budding bacteria. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek J. Microbiol. Serol., 1984, 50, 261-268.
Validation List no. 18 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ Gemmata obscuriglobus Franzmann and Skerman 1985 emend. Scheuner et al. 2015.
Reference: SCHEUNER, C., TINDALL, B. J., LU, M., NOLAN, M., LAPIDUS, A., CHENG, J.-F., GOODWIN, L., PITLUCK, S., HUNTEMANN, M., LIOLIOS, K., PAGANI, I., MAVROMATIS, K., IVANOVA, N., PATI, A., CHEN, A., PALANIAPPAN, K., JEFFRIES, C. D., HAUSER, L., LAND, M., MWIRICHIA, R., ROHDE, M., ABT, B., DETTER, J. C., WOYKE, T., EISEN, J. A., MARKOWITZ, V., HUGENHOLTZ, P., GÖKER, M., KYRPIDES, N. C. and KLENK, H.-P. 2014. Complete genome sequence of Planctomyces brasiliensis type strain (DSM 5305T), phylogenomic analysis and reclassification of Planctomycetes including the descriptions of Gimesia gen. nov., Planctopirus gen. nov. and Rubinisphaera gen. nov. and emended descriptions of the order Planctomycetales and the family Planctomycetaceae. Stand. Genomic Sci., 9, 10.
Original article.