Genus Glaciibacter
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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).
Glaciibacter Katayama et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Glaciibacter superstes Katayama et al. 2009.
Etymology: L. n. glacies, ice; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Glaciibacter, a rod of the ice.
Valid publication: KATAYAMA (T.), KATO (T.), TANAKA (M.), DOUGLAS (T.A.), BROUCHKOV (A.), FUKUDA (M.), TOMITA (F.) and ASANO (K.): Glaciibacter superstes gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Microbacteriaceae isolated from a permafrost ice wedge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 482-486.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Glaciibacter superstes Katayama et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AHU1791 = DSM 21135 = NBRC 104264.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB378301.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. superstes, surviving.
Valid publication: KATAYAMA (T.), KATO (T.), TANAKA (M.), DOUGLAS (T.A.), BROUCHKOV (A.), FUKUDA (M.), TOMITA (F.) and ASANO (K.): Glaciibacter superstes gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Microbacteriaceae isolated from a permafrost ice wedge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 482-486.
Original article in IJSEM Online