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
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
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