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Genus Geosporobacter

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: 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).


 

Geosporobacter Klouche et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Geosporobacter subterraneus Klouche et al. 2007.
Etymology: Gr. n. ge, the earth; Gr. n. spora, a seed and, in biology, a spore; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Geosporobacter, a sporulated rod from the earth.
Valid publication: KLOUCHE (N.), FARDEAU (M.L.), LASCOURRÈGES (J.F.), CAYOL (J.L.), HACENE (H.), THOMAS (P.) and MAGOT (M.): Geosporobacter subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov., a spore-forming bacterium isolated from a deep subsurface aquifer. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1757-1761.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Geosporobacter subterraneus Klouche et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) VNs68 = DSM 17957 = JCM 14037.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ643978.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. subterraneus, underground, subterranean.
Valid publication: KLOUCHE (N.), FARDEAU (M.L.), LASCOURRÈGES (J.F.), CAYOL (J.L.), HACENE (H.), THOMAS (P.) and MAGOT (M.): Geosporobacter subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov., a spore-forming bacterium isolated from a deep subsurface aquifer. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1757-1761.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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