Genus Georgenia
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 10
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).
Georgenia Altenburger et al. 2002, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Georgenia muralis Altenburger et al. 2002.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Georgenia, referring to the village St Georgen in Styria, where strains 1A-CT and 3A-1 were isolated.
Valid publication: ALTENBURGER (P.), KÄMPFER (P.), SCHUMANN (P.), VYBIRAL (D.), LUBITZ (W.) and BUSSE (H.J.): Georgenia muralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a medieval wall painting. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 875-881.
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→ Georgenia Altenburger et al. 2002 emend. Li et al. 2007.
Reference: LI (W.J.), XU (P.), SCHUMANN (P.), ZHANG (Y.Q.), PUKALL (R.), XU (L.H.), STACKEBRANDT (E.) and JIANG (C.L.): Georgenia ruanii sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from forest soil in Yunnan (China), and emended description of the genus Georgenia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1424-1428.
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Georgenia daeguensis Woo et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 2C6-43 = JCM 17459 = KCTC 19801.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ246163.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. daeguensis, of or pertaining to Daegu, a city in South Korea, where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: WOO (S.G.), CUI (Y.), KANG (M.S.), JIN (L.), KIM (K.K.), LEE (S.T.), LEE (M.) and PARK (J.): Georgenia daeguensis sp. nov., isolated from 4-chlorophenol enrichment culture. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1703-1709.
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Georgenia deserti Hozzein et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SYSU D8004=CGMCC 1.15793=KCTC 39987.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: MF347941.
Etymology: L. gen. n. deserti, of or pertaining to a desert, referring to the source of the sample used for isolation of the type strain.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: HOZZEIN, W. N., YANG, Z. W., ALHARBI, S. A., ALSAKKAF, W. A. A., ASEM, M. D., XIAO, M., SALAM, N. and LI, W. J. 2018. Georgenia deserti sp. nov., a halotolerant actinobacterium isolated from a desert sample. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 1135-1139.
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Georgenia halophila Tang et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YIM 93316 = CCTCC AB 208144 = DSM 21365 = JCM 17810.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ717681.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. halophila, salt-loving, referring to the ability of the type strain to grow at high NaCl concentrations.
Valid publication: TANG (S.K.), WANG (Y.), LEE (J.C.), LOU (K.), PARK (D.J.), KIM (C.J.) and LI (W.J.): Georgenia halophila sp. nov., a halophilic actinobacterium isolated from a salt lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1317-1321.
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Georgenia muralis Altenburger et al. 2002, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 1A-C = CCM 4963 = DSM 14418 = JCM 12241 = NBRC 103560.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X94155.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. muralis, pertaining or belonging to walls.
Valid publication: ALTENBURGER (P.), KÄMPFER (P.), SCHUMANN (P.), VYBIRAL (D.), LUBITZ (W.) and BUSSE (H.J.): Georgenia muralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a medieval wall painting. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 875-881.
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Georgenia ruanii Li et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YIM 004 = CCTCC AB 204065 = DSM 17458 = JCM 15130 = KCTC 19029 = NBRC 103883.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ203185.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. ruanii, of Ruan, named in honour of Ji-Sheng Ruan (born in 1926), a Chinese microbiologist who devotes himself to the study of actinomycete taxonomy.
Valid publication: LI (W.J.), XU (P.), SCHUMANN (P.), ZHANG (Y.Q.), PUKALL (R.), XU (L.H.), STACKEBRANDT (E.) and JIANG (C.L.): Georgenia ruanii sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from forest soil in Yunnan (China), and emended description of the genus Georgenia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1424-1428.
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Georgenia satyanarayanai Srinivas et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JC82 = KCTC 19802 = NBRC 107612.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FN995635.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. satyanarayanai, of Satyanarayana, named in honour of Professor T. Satyanarayana, an eminent microbiologist who significantly contributed to the knowledge of extremophiles from India.
Valid publication: SRINIVAS (A.), RAHUL (K.), SASIKALA (C.), SUBHASH (Y.), RAMAPRASAD (E.V.V.) and RAMANA (C.V.): Georgenia satyanarayanai sp. nov., an alkaliphilic and thermotolerant amylase-producing actinobacterium isolated from a soda lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2405-2409.
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Note: According to Kämpfer et al. (2016), Georgenia satyanarayanai Srinivas et al. 2012 is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Oceanitalea nanhaiensis Fu et al. 2012.
Reference: KÄMPFER, P., GLAESER, S. P. and BUSSE, H. J. 2016. Oceanitalea nanhaiensis Fu et al. 2012 is a later heterotypic synonym of Georgenia satyanarayanai Srinivas et al. 2012. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 5519-5522.
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Georgenia sediminis You et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SCSIO 15020=DSM 25884=NBRC 108941.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JX555983.
Etymology: L. gen. n. sediminis, of sediment.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Reference: YOU, Z.-Q., LI, J., QIN, S., TIAN, X.-P., WANG, F.-Z. and ZHANG, S. 2013. Georgenia sediminis sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic actinobacterium isolated from sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4243-4247.
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Georgenia soli Kämpfer et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CC-NMPT-T3 = CCM 7658 = DSM 21838 = JCM 17968.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FN356976.
Etymology: L. gen. n. soli, of soil, the source of the type strain.
Valid publication: KÄMPFER (P.), ARUN (A.B.), BUSSE (H.J.), LANGER (S.), YOUNG (C.C.), CHEN (W.M.), SCHUMANN (P.), SYED (A.A.) and REKHA (P.D.): Georgenia soli sp. nov., isolated from iron-ore-contaminated soil in India. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1027-1030.
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Georgenia subflava Wang et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Y32=LMG 28101=CGMCC 1.12782=JCM 19765=MCCC 1A09955.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP123395.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. subflava, yellowish.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: WANG, S., XU, X., WANG, L., JIAO, K. and ZHANG, G. 2015. Georgenia subflava sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 4146-4150.
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Georgenia thermotolerans Hamada et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TT02-04 = DSM 21501 = NBRC 104148.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB436534.
Etymology: Gr. n. thermê, heat; L. part. adj. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. thermotolerans, able to tolerate high temperatures.
Valid publication: HAMADA (M.), TAMURA (T.), ISHIDA (Y.) and SUZUKI (K.): Georgenia thermotolerans sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from forest soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1875-1879.
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