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Genus Geofilum

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow () only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

 

Geofilum Miyazaki et al. 2012, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Geofilum rubicundum Miyazaki et al. 2012.
Etymology: Gr. n. ge, the earth; L. neut. n. filum, a thread; N.L. neut. n. Geophilum, a thread from the earth.
Valid publication: MIYAZAKI (M.), KOIDE (O.), KOBAYASHI (T.), MORI (K.), SHIMAMURA (S.), NUNOURA (T.), IMACHI (H.), INAGAKI (F.), NAGAHAMA (T.), NOGI (Y.), DEGUCHI (S.) and TAKAI (K.): Geofilum rubicundum gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from deep subseafloor sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1075-1080.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Geofilum rhodophaeum Mu et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HF401=KCTC 42595=MCCC 1H00119.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KY659246.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: MWUJ00000000.
Etymology: Gr. n. rhodon, the rose; Gr. adj. phaeos, brown; N.L. neut. adj. rhodophaeum, rose–brown.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: MU, X., XU, Z. X., MU, D. S., CHEN, G. J. and DU, Z. J. 2017. Geofilum rhodophaeum sp. nov., isolated from coastal sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 3913-3918.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Geofilum rubicundum Miyazaki et al. 2012, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JAM-BA0501 = JCM 15548 = NCIMB 14482.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB362265.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. rubicundum, red, ruddy.
Valid publication: MIYAZAKI (M.), KOIDE (O.), KOBAYASHI (T.), MORI (K.), SHIMAMURA (S.), NUNOURA (T.), IMACHI (H.), INAGAKI (F.), NAGAHAMA (T.), NOGI (Y.), DEGUCHI (S.) and TAKAI (K.): Geofilum rubicundum gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from deep subseafloor sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1075-1080.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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